Pavlenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sisak. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Novska area.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Pavlenić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Topolovac (20), Sisak (20), Budasevo (15), Gusce (15), and in Zagreb (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pavlenić (including: Pavlenic , Pavlenych and Pavlenich ) is present in 7 countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.