Surname Svilar in modern Croatia

Svilar families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac area , whereas often Croats (from Nasice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Vinkovci. In Pećane in Obrovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Svilar.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Svilar live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Vinkovci (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Vukovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Switzerland (2), Germany (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Svilar is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Svilar " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and about 60 in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Marica Svilar, Dragoljub Svilar, Stojan Svilar, Silvana Svilar, Jelena Svilar, Nikola Svilar, Branko Svilar, Goran Svilar, Božica Svilar, Danica Svilar, Zoran Svilar, Siniša Svilar, Delfa Svilar, Vladimir Svilar, Dušan Svilar, Jovanka Svilar, Dubravka Svilar, Emina Svilar, Andrej Svilar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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