In Croatia, Pavun families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area and in Sisak area.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Pavun live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Mahovo in Sisak area (15), Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Krisci in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), and in Sisak (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pavun is present in three countries on two continents.
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.