Surname Švehar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Švehar families are generally Croats (from Petrinja ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Glina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Švehar live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Petrinja (<10), Pula (<10), Kraljevcani (<5), and in Bonaci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Švehar is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Svehar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Švehar, Dalibor Švehar, Snježana Švehar, Mirjana Švehar, Leo Švehar, Dragana Švehar, Srećko Švehar, Goran Švehar, Andrija Švehar, Dario Švehar, Slavica Švehar, Željko Švehar, Tihomir Švehar, Marijana Švehar, Lidija Švehar, Danijela Švehar, Magdalena Švehar, Đuro Švehar, Ivana Švehar

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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