Surname Pavletić in modern Croatia

Pavletić families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Karlovac. In Ročko Polje in Buzet every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pavletić.

Prevalence

About 790 people with faimily name Pavletić live in Croatia today, in 380 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 80 other places, mostly in Rijeka (125), Zagreb (110), Karlovac (85), Pula (50), and in Krasica (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 43 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (18), Australia (8), France (5), Sweden (4), Argentina (3), the United Kingdom (2), Switzerland (1), Canada (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Pavletić (including: Pavletic , Pavletich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Pavletic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Argentina , and some 200 people in Chile. "Pavletich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Peru , and some 80 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Goran Pavletić, Vladimir Pavletić, Helena Pavletić, Edi Pavletić, Marin Pavletić, Haris Pavletić, Darko Pavletić, Josip Pavletić, Dragutin Pavletić, Jadranka Pavletić, Nikola Pavletić, Zinka Pavletić, Vesna Pavletić, Danijela Pavletić, Nenad Pavletić, Duško Pavletić, Gordana Pavletić, Dean Pavletić, Miloš Pavletić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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