Surname Švarc in modern Croatia

Švarc families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad area , rarely Czechs (from Garesnica area ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Švarc live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Varazdin (15), Sisak (15), Dubrovnik (10), and in Koprivnica (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Švarc (including: Schwarz , Schwartz , Schvartz , Schwarcz , Schvarcz , Shvarc , Svarc , Schvarc , Schvarz and Svarcz ) is present in 151 countries worldwide. The family name "Svarc " is used by some 400 people in Czech Republic , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Schwarz " is used by some 100000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Austria. "Schwartz " is used by some 100000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Germany , and some 8000 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Švarc, Jadranka Švarc, Angela Švarc, Vaclav Švarc, Antun Švarc, Zoran Švarc, Krešimir Švarc, Raul Švarc, Alfred Švarc, Željka Švarc, Ozren Švarc, Rudolf Švarc, Tamara Švarc, Branko Švarc, Milena Švarc, Davor Švarc, Čedomil Švarc, Ane Švarc, Milan Švarc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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