The Pavan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 346 people carried this name — #58,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 53% from 226 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pavan surname
A French surname from Occitan.
Partially from Occitan Pavan. According to A. Dauzat it comes from Papo, a Germanic given name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pavan» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 984 people named Pavan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 385 people named Pavan.
173 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
145 people named Pavan live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Pavan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Pavan in American newspapers,
1825–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,242 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pavan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mario Pavan 1918–2003 · politician -
Agostino Pavan 1921–2012 · politician -
Angelo Pavan 1930–2026 · politician -
Élisabeth Crouzet-Pavan 1953– · historian -
Marco Pavan 1982– · volleyball player -
Antonio Pavan 1823–1898 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 80 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pavan.
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