Surname Pavunić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pavunić families are almost entirely Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), barely Slovenes (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Pavunić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Virje in Djurdjevac area (15), Graberje Ivanicko (<10), Djurdjevac (<5), and in Gudovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pavunić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Pavunić, Ivka Pavunić, Zdenko Pavunić, Davor Pavunić, Stjepan Pavunić, Martin Pavunić, Ljiljana Pavunić, Ivana Pavunić, Stevo Pavunić, Marica Pavunić, Vesna Pavunić, Natalija Pavunić, Tihomir Pavunić, Vida Pavunić, Marija Pavunić, Miroslav Pavunić, Željko Pavunić, Djurdjica Pavunić, Ljubica Pavunić

Mentions in sources

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.

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