Surname Švegar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Švegar families are almost entirely Croats (from Senj ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj area and in Senj.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Švegar live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and threee other places, mostly in Karlovac (<10), Senj (<10), Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Švegar (including: Svegar , Shervegar , Swegar and Shavegar ) is present in 7 countries worldwide. "Swegar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shervegar " is used by few people in Australia , few people in Qatar , and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Švegar, Zdravko Švegar, Davorka Švegar, Željko Švegar, Koviljka Švegar, Ivan Švegar, Ivica Švegar, Koraljka Švegar, Ljiljana Švegar, Nada Švegar, Slava Švegar, Zorica Švegar, Miroslava Švegar, Henrik Švegar, Tatjana Švegar, Renato Švegar, Đani Švegar, Mirjana Švegar, Vlado Švegar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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