Pavešić Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Pavešić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pavešić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia4681:9,0351,564
Bosnia and Herzegovina31:1,178,80115,876
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Pavešic (14), Pavesić (12), Pavešič (4) & Pavesic (133) are calculated separately.

Pavešić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pavešić occurs in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Pavešic, Pavesić, Pavešič or Pavesic. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pavešić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 640,141st most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. The last name Pavešić occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pavešić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is carried by 468 people, or 1 in 9,035. In Croatia it is mostly found in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 37 percent are found, Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 21 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 16 percent are found. Beside Croatia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent are found and Slovenia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pavešic9514/
Pavesić9512/
Pavešič954/
Pavesic90133/
Pavišić86619/
Pavečić8640/
Pavešićová821/
Pavezi77507/
Pavičić712,925/
Pavezzi71170/
Pavicić7172/
Pavessi7154/
Pavešicová7120/
Pavisić7117/
Pavićić715/
Pavesis714/
Pavechi714/
Pavešičová713/
Pauvesi711/
Pavesie711/
Pavacić711/
Pavezis711/
Pavesich67178/
Pavecich6720/
Paveisay673/
Paveschi671/
Pavessio671/
Pavesicz671/

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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
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  • 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 Pavešić
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