In Croatia, Pavunc families are Croats (from Klanjec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Klanjec area.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Pavunc live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Sveti Kriz in Klanjec area (<10), Koprivnica (<5), Samobor (<5), and in Sisak (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Pavunc is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.