The Pavlovic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,089 people carried this name — #23,371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 25% from 869 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pavlovic surname
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pavlović.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pavlovic» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,422 people named Pavlovic live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 212 people named Pavlovic.
Most of them — 192 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 63 people named Pavlovic 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Pavlovic 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
581 people named Pavlovic is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Pavlovic in American newspapers,
1911–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 562 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pavlovic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Radoslav Pavlovic 1954– · screenwriter -
Tony-Luca Pavlovic 2006– · ice hockey player -
Luka Pavlovic 2009– · basketball player -
Ratimir Pavlovic 1948– · writer
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Dejan Pavlovic 1971– · association football player
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Jovan Pavlovic 1975– · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 15 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pavlovic.
- Pavese 430 · U.S. census
- Pavesi 145 · U.S. census
- Pavia 2,126 · U.S. census
- Pavic 190 · U.S. census
- Pavin 116 · U.S. census
- Pavis 248 · U.S. census
- Pavon 3,589 · U.S. census
- Pavone 2,261 · U.S. census
- Pavoni 209 · U.S. census
- Pavy 280 · U.S. census
- Pawelczyk 431 · U.S. census
- Pawelec 190 · U.S. census
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