Surname Švab in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Švab families are almost entirely Croats (from Daruvar area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Švab live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Vukovije in Daruvar area (10), Zapresic (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Švab (including: Schwab , Shvab , Svab , Schvab , Swab , Swaab , Swabb , Shwab , Schuvab and Szwab ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. The family name "Svab " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Brazil , and small number of people in Germany. "Schwab " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 30000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Brazil. "Swab " is used by some 800 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Švab, Mara Švab, Zdravko Švab, Mladen Švab, Sanja Švab, Mario Švab, Anđela Švab, Goran Švab, Duško Švab, Adam Švab, Tomislav Švab, Ivona Švab, Igor Švab, Timotej Švab, Slavenka Švab, Ivana Švab, Krunoslav Švab, Anđelko Švab, Andrej Švab

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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