The Pavia surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,715 people carried this name — #15,648 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 281 people named Pavia.
Most of them — 182 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
73 people named Pavia live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pavia.
- Pautler 442 · U.S. census
- Pauwels 409 · U.S. census
- Pauze 184 · U.S. census
- Pavan 226 · U.S. census
- Pavese 364 · U.S. census
- Pavesi 131 · U.S. census
- Pavic 191 · U.S. census
- Pavin 115 · U.S. census
- Pavis 263 · U.S. census
- Pavlovic 869 · U.S. census
- Pavon 2,269 · U.S. census
- Pavone 2,203 · U.S. census
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