Family name Pavlus (Pavlus 
, Павлус 
, Павлусь 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Pavlus is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Slovakia, where it is quite a rare surname, Ukraine, and Czechia. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Ukraine, Slovakia, and the United States. Much less frequently, Pavlus is the forename as well as the last name.