Surname Plavšić in modern Croatia

Plavšić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Daruvar area. In Potočani in Daruvar area every second inhabitant had the family name Plavšić.

Prevalence

About 530 people with faimily name Plavšić live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 870 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Vinkovci (40), Potocani in Daruvar area (30), Pula (15), and in Osijek (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Switzerland (5), the United States (3), Argentina (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Plavšić (including: Plavsic , Plavsich and Plavshic ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Plavsic " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Plavsich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Plavšić, Anđelko Plavšić, Marlena Plavšić, Tomislav Plavšić, Pero Plavšić, Hrvoje Plavšić, Vesna Plavšić, Branko Plavšić, Dejan Plavšić, Goran Plavšić, Orijana Plavšić, Vida Plavšić, Momir Plavšić, Božidar Plavšić, Emilija Plavšić, Nedeljko Plavšić, Marko Plavšić, Branislav Plavšić, Marta Plavšić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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