Surname Pavlišak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pavlišak families are Croats (from Nasice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Nasice.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Pavlišak live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Visnjevac (<5) and Magadenovac in Donji Miholjac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pavlišak (including: Pavlishak , Pavlisak , Pavlischak , Pavlyshak , Pawliszak , Pawlishak , Pavlisack , Pavlissak and Pawlisak ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Pavlisak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pavlischak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Pavlisack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Pavlišak, Branko Pavlišak, Jelica Pavlišak, Andro Pavlišak, Ignac Pavlišak, Jana Pavlišak, Janica Pavlišak, Janko Pavlišak, Jela Pavlišak, Juraj Pavlišak, Katica Pavlišak, Laurita Pavlišak, Ljubica Pavlišak, Marija Pavlišak, Miško Pavlišak, Stjepan Pavlišak, Štefica Pavlišak, Željko Pavlišak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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