Surname Pavlic in modern Croatia

Pavlic families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Stara Ves Ravenska in Krizevci every fourth inhabitant had the family name Pavlic.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Pavlic live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (40), Cakovec (40), Gorican in Cakovec area (30), and in Petlovac in Beli Manastir area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to France (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Pavlic (including: Pavlich , Pawlitz , Pawliez , Pavlych , Pawlich , Pawlicz , Pavlitz and Pavlicz ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Pavlic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 600 in Germany , and some 400 people in Moldova. "Pavlitz " is used by few people in the United States. "Pawlitz " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Eduard Pavlic, Igor Pavlic, Karmen Pavlic, Ljiljana Pavlic, Krešimir Pavlic, Anđelko Pavlic, Antun Pavlic, Denis Pavlic, Dragutin Pavlic, Nenad Pavlic, Zvonimir Pavlic, Ivan Pavlic, Ljuba Pavlic, Zlatko Pavlic, Željka Pavlic, Darko Pavlic, Kristijana Pavlic, Željko Pavlic, Marijan Pavlic

Mentions in sources

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

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