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Pavlović (Serbo-Croatian) or Pavlovič (in Slovenian and Slovak) is a surname of South Slavic origin stemming from the male given name Pavao, Pavle or Pavel, which are all Slavic variants of Paul. It was formed using the patronymic suffix -ović, meaning son of Pavao/Pavle/Pavel.

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Surname.name
Pavlović
Surname.meaning
"son of Pavao/Pavle/Pavlo"
Surname.region
former Yugoslavia
Surname.language
South Slavic
Surname.variant
Pavlovich
Surname.related names
Pavelić

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Pavlović (Serbo-Croatian) or Pavlovič (in Slovenian and Slovak) is a surname of South Slavic origin stemming from the male given name Pavao, Pavle or Pavel, which are all Slavic variants of Paul. It was formed using the patronymic suffix -ović, meaning son of Pavao/Pavle/Pavel.

Pavlović is the ninth most frequent surname in Serbia. It is among the most frequent surnames in three Croatian counties.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pavlović” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.