Surname Svornik in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Svornik live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 11 other places, mostly in Sveti Ivan Zelina (10), Draganic in Karlovac area (<10), Omamno in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<10), Komin (<10), and in Gornje Oresje (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Svornik (including: Svorník , Swornik and Svornich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Svornik " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Swornik " is used by some 50 people in Poland , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States. "Svornich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihana Svornik, Ivan Svornik, Višnja Svornik, Miljenko Svornik, Mirica Svornik, Dragica Svornik, Zdravko Svornik, Štefica Svornik, Božica Svornik, Slavko Svornik, Ivica Svornik, Marija Svornik, Robert Svornik, Mara Svornik, Ružica Svornik, Mladen Svornik, Željko Svornik, Andreja Svornik, Zvonimir Svornik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1937 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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