Sviben families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area. In Pasanska Gorica in Donja Stubica area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Sviben.
Prevalence
About 500 people with faimily name Sviben live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Zagreb (180), Zlatar (75), Jales Breznicki in Novi Marof area (25), Beretinec in Varazdin area (25), and in Pasanska Gorica in Donja Stubica area (25).
Outside Croatia
Family name Sviben (including: Swibben , Swiben ) is present in 8 countries on two continents. The family name "Sviben " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.
