Surname Pavlinec in modern Croatia

Pavlinec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krizevci area. In Vinagora in Pregrada every eighth inhabitant had the family name Pavlinec.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Pavlinec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Krizevci (<10), in Jalzabet (<10) and Novakovec (<10) in Ludbreg area, and in Gabrovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pavlinec is present in 10 countries on two continents. The family name "Pavlinec " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Pavlinetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Pavlinec, Nevenko Pavlinec, Igor Pavlinec, Dragutin Pavlinec, Zvonimir Pavlinec, Mirjana Pavlinec, Josip Pavlinec, Mario Pavlinec, Mišo Pavlinec, Dejan Pavlinec, Miroslav Pavlinec, Nede Pavlinec, Kristijan Pavlinec, Željka Pavlinec, Petar Pavlinec, Zvonko Pavlinec, Milka Pavlinec, Slavko Pavlinec, Anica Pavlinec

Mentions in sources

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.

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