In Croatia, Pavlič families are predominantly Croats (from Buje area ), rarely Slovenes (from Buzet ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Pavlič live in Croatia today, in 6 households. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Novigrad (<5), Karigador in Buje area (<5), Kackovec in Zabok area (<5), and in Baredine (<5).
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.