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Surname Švelec in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Švelec families are almost entirely Croats (from Koprivnica area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Švelec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Beli Manastir (<10), Koskovec in Ivanec area (<10), Cerje Tuzno (<10), and in Zapresic (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Švelec is present in this form only in Croatia.
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Characteristic first names
Dražen Švelec,
Darko Švelec,
Zoran Švelec,
Ksenija Švelec,
Jasminka Švelec,
Srećko Švelec,
Zvonko Švelec,
Ljubica Švelec,
Đula Švelec,
Hrvoje Švelec,
Franjo Švelec,
Denis Švelec,
Tomislav Švelec,
Goran Švelec,
Silvija Švelec,
Vilko Švelec,
Silvana Švelec,
Danijel Švelec,
Slavica Švelec