Surname Švehla in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Švehla families are Croats (from Petrinja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Petrinja area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Švehla live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Donji Vukojevac in Petrinja area (15), Zagreb (<10), Lekenik in Petrinja area (<10), Busevec (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Švehla (including: Svehla , Swehla , Schwehla and Schvehla ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Svehla " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Germany. "Schvehla " is used by few people in the United States. "Swehla " is used by some 400 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Švehla, Silvija Švehla, Mario Švehla, Ivan Švehla, Željka Švehla, Igor Švehla, Ivica Švehla, Vladimir Švehla, Branko Švehla, Vjekoslav Švehla, Dragutin Švehla, Nada Švehla, Katica Švehla, Kruno Švehla, Gordana Švehla, Ivanka Švehla, Josip Švehla, Đurđica Švehla, Mladen Švehla

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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