Svrtan families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area. In Klimen in Zlatar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Svrtan.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Svrtan live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Klimen in Zlatar area (20), Gornji Kraljevec in Novi Marof area (20), Gat (15), and in Sesvete (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.