Surname Schwartz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Schwartz families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Schwartz live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Schwartz (including: Schwartzz , Schwarttz and Sschwartz ) is present in 114 countries worldwide. The family name "Schwartz " is used by some 100000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Germany , and some 8000 people in France. "Schwartzz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schwarttz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Schwartz, Gavro Schwartz, Marija Schwartz, Gerhard Schwartz, Peter Schwartz, Leonard Schwartz, Milan Schwartz, Raymond Schwartz, Selma Schwartz, Viktor Schwartz, Biserka Schwartz, Marko Schwartz, Dijana Schwartz, Zlata Schwartz, Petar Schwartz, Zdenko Schwartz, Berta Schwartz, Ignjatije Schwartz, Stefan Schwartz

Mentions in sources

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

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