Šuvak families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Virovitica. In Čađavica in Slatina area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Šuvak.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Šuvak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Gradina in Virovitica area (25), Osijek (25), Zagreb (20), Rijeka (15), and in Virovitica (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.