Surname Svinjarević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Svinjarević families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Svinjarević live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, threee cities and 8 other places, mostly in Orlovac in Bjelovar area (<5), Veliki Grdjevac in Grubisno Polje area (<5), Zvonimirovo in Virovitica area (<5), Klenovnik in Ivanec area (<5), and in Samatovci in Valpovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Svinjarević is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Goran Svinjarević, Gordana Svinjarević, Milenko Svinjarević, Katica Svinjarević, Josip Svinjarević, Stjepan Svinjarević, Jasminka Svinjarević, Dario Svinjarević, Sigfrid Svinjarević, Pavka Svinjarević, Slavica Svinjarević, Ljubica Svinjarević, Ema Svinjarević, Stijepan Svinjarević, Stanislava Svinjarević, Nikola Svinjarević, Regina Svinjarević, Stevo Svinjarević, Ana Svinjarević

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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