In Croatia, Švajda families are almost entirely Croats (from Pleternica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Pleternica area.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Švajda live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Pozega (15), Alaginci (10), in Djedina Rijeka (<10) and Caglin (<5) in Pleternica area, and in Kadanovci (<5).