Pavić Surname

48,251st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Pavić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pavić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia3,6651:1,950273
Croatia3,5931:1,17738
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,7081:1,306203
Slovenia3371:7,3821,662
Kosovo3091:6,0251,025
Montenegro441:14,5361,863
North Macedonia261:80,8267,608
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Pavic (2,585), Pavič (166) & Paviç (1) are calculated separately.

Pavić (95) may also be a first name.

Pavić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pavić occurs in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Pavic, Pavič or Paviç. For other potential spellings of Pavić click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pavić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 48,251st most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 681,461 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pavić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 95 people.

The surname Pavić is most common in Serbia, where it is borne by 3,665 people, or 1 in 1,950. In Serbia Pavić is most numerous in: Belgrade, where 20 percent live, Podunavlje District, where 13 percent live and Mačva District, where 10 percent live. Not including Serbia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 34 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pavic932,585/
Pavič93166/
Paviç931/
Paević914/
Pović80117/
Paviz8044/
Pević805/
Pavich731,690/
Payviz73546/
Pavaiz7341/
Pavics7320/
Puović7315/
Pavici738/
Pavits732/
Paviez731/
Pauvic731/
Pavitch6721/
Paviche6711/
Peavich675/
Paevaiz673/

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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 Pavić
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