Surname Pavlinac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pavlinac families are almost entirely Croats (from Vrbovsko ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Jastrebarsko area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pavlinac live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Vukoder (<10), Sisak (<10), Mocile (<5), Split (<5), and in Greda (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pavlinac is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Pavlinac " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Pavlinac, Katica Pavlinac, Renata Pavlinac, Juraj Pavlinac, Tomislav Pavlinac, Petar Pavlinac, Slavko Pavlinac, Damir Pavlinac, Danica Pavlinac, Dubravka Pavlinac, Branko Pavlinac, Josip Pavlinac, Ivica Pavlinac, Ivana Pavlinac, Matija Pavlinac, Kristijan Pavlinac, Ana Pavlinac, Josipa Pavlinac, Vjekoslava Pavlinac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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