Surname Pavlina in modern Croatia

Pavlina families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje. In Trnova in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pavlina.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Pavlina live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Oroslavje (35), Zagreb (20), Dubrovnik (15), Lancic (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pavlina (including: Pawlina , Pawlyna and Pavlyna ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Pavlina " is used by some 500 people in Russian Federation , about 500 in Ukraine , and some 400 people in the United States. "Pawlina " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 200 in Brazil , and some 100 people in the United States. "Pawlyna " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Pavlina, Željko Pavlina, Krešimir Pavlina, Jelena Pavlina, Želimir Pavlina, Baldo Pavlina, Sanja Pavlina, Renata Pavlina, Robert Pavlina, Astrid Pavlina, Darko Pavlina, Mario Pavlina, Nataša Pavlina, Ankica Pavlina, Irena Pavlina, Matija Pavlina, Vojna Pavlina, Mladen Pavlina, Jasminka Pavlina

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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