Pavelić Surname

195,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Pavelić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pavelić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2,0791:2,034130
Serbia491:145,81510,189
Bosnia and Herzegovina151:235,76011,850
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pavelic (426) are calculated separately.

Pavelić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pavelić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pavelić is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Pavelic. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pavelić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 195,301st most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,391,134 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pavelić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Pavelić is most widely held in Croatia, where it is carried by 2,079 people, or 1 in 2,034. In Croatia Pavelić is most frequent in: Lika-Senj County, where 17 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 12 percent live and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 10 percent live. Not including Croatia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 2 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pavelic95426/
Pavalić86158/
Pavolić863/
Pavelich80649/
Pavelici8026/
Pavelitz8021/
Paveliche757/
Pavelec71769/
Pabelic71495/
Pawelic7159/
Pavelicová7152/
Pevalić719/
Pavilic719/
Pavelicova716/
Pavelets67108/
Paveletz6741/
Pavilich6716/
Pavilitz6713/
Pavelych6711/
Pavelyts677/
Pavalaiz671/
Povelich671/
Pawelich671/
Pavalitz670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pavelić
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