Surname Švenda in modern Croatia

Švenda families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Švenda live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Cakovec (30), Cehovec (25), Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (15), and in Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Švenda (including: Shvenda , Swenda , Svenda , Shivenda and Schwenda ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Swenda " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Švenda, Josip Švenda, Ana Švenda, Neven Švenda, Zoran Švenda, Zdenko Švenda, Alen Švenda, Željko Švenda, Dragutin Švenda, Silvia Švenda, Nada Švenda, Mario Švenda, Nevenka Švenda, Mladen Švenda, Zdenka Švenda, Krešimir Švenda, Tihomir Švenda, Tomislav Švenda, Irena Švenda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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