Surname Švast in modern Croatia

Švast families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Novi Vinodolski area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Švast live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Zagreb (20), Tribalj in Novi Vinodolski area (15), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (10), and in Crikvenica (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Švast (including: Svast , Szwast , Svasth and Swast ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Svast " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Swast " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Szwast " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Švast, Branislav Švast, Davor Švast, Vlatka Švast, Vinko Švast, Veljko Švast, Alen Švast, Micika Švast, Neven Švast, Nives Švast, Dean Švast, Kristijan Švast, Marin Švast, Zdenko Švast, Nela Švast, Elvis Švast, Siniša Švast, Vladimir Švast, Zdravko Švast

Mentions in sources

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.

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