Surname Šuvak in modern Croatia

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).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šuvak (including: Suvak , Suvac , Suvaci , Suwak , Shuvak and Suvák ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Suvak " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Russian Federation. "Suwak " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ines Šuvak, Dragica Šuvak, Nataša Šuvak, Andrea Šuvak, Lucija Šuvak, Davorka Šuvak, Jadranko Šuvak, Lidija Šuvak, Krunoslav Šuvak, Dražen Šuvak, Ivan Šuvak, Zorica Šuvak, Davor Šuvak, Mario Šuvak, Anita Šuvak, Ana Šuvak, Marija Šuvak, Marijan Šuvak, Andrej Šuvak

Mentions in sources

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.

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