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    The surname Pavlovic

    A Serbo-Croatian surname, carried by 1,089 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P141

    Pavlovic: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pavlovic #23,371, 1,089 people Pavlovic: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pavlovic #23,371, 1,089 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pavlovic is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Serbo-Croatian origin

    Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pavlović.

    One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,089 people named Pavlovic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 869.

    #23,371
    rank among US surnames
    1,089
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.3%
    change since 2000 (was #26,419)

    Who is named Pavlovic

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Pavlovic identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pavlovics

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mateo Pavlović
      Association footballer, born 1990
    • Viktoria Pavlovich
      Belarusian table tennis player, born 1978
    • Yaroslava Pavlovich
      Belarusian rower, born 1969
    • Nicolás Pavlovich
      Argentine footballer, born 1978
    • Alexander Pavlovich
      Belarusian ice hockey player, born 1988
    • Veronika Pavlovich
      Belarusian table tennis player, born 1978

    Notable Pavlovics come mostly from Belarus (4), Croatia (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Pavlovic

    Pavlovic has the Soundex code P141, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P141.

    Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

    All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pavlovic come from?
    Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pavlović.
    How common is the surname Pavlovic?
    1,089 people in the United States had the surname Pavlovic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. It ranked 23,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pavlovic?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pavlovic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Pavlovic?
    Mateo Pavlović, association footballer, followed by Viktoria Pavlovich.
    Where is the surname Pavlovic most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pavlovic in Belarus, Croatia and Argentina.
    Is the surname Pavlovic getting more or less common?
    More common. 869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,089 in 2010, up 25%.
    What are other spellings of Pavlovic?
    Pavlovich.