Surname Pavlek in modern Croatia

Pavlek families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area. In Orehovica in Lepoglava area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Pavlek.

Prevalence

About 820 people with faimily name Pavlek live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 710 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (320), Orehovica in Lepoglava area (50), Mihovljan in Krapina area (40), Sesvete (20), and in Pustodol Orehovicki in Lepoglava area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Germany (2), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pavlek (including: Pavlec , Pavlech , Pawlek , Pavleck , Pavlék , Pawlech and Pawleck ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Pavlek " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Pavleck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pawlek " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Pavlek, Stjepan Pavlek, Katarina Pavlek, Vinka Pavlek, Melita Pavlek, Tomislav Pavlek, Bojan Pavlek, Krešimir Pavlek, Željko Pavlek, Božidar Pavlek, Vladimir Pavlek, Saša Pavlek, Domagoj Pavlek, Ivan Pavlek, Slavko Pavlek, Robert Pavlek, Anita Pavlek, Ivanka Pavlek, Želimir Pavlek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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