In Croatia, Pavlićek families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Pavlićek live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Gregurovec in Krizevci area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.