Surname Švigir in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Švigir live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Cerna in Zupanja area (20), Laminac in Cazma area (15), Galovec Zacretski in Zabok area (15), and in Glogovec Zagorski in Klanjec area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Švigir is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Mario Švigir, Nikola Švigir, Mirko Švigir, Zdravko Švigir, Zlatko Švigir, Zoran Švigir, Igor Švigir, Krešimir Švigir, Mirjana Švigir, Kruno Švigir, Živko Švigir, Ariana Švigir, Mihovil Švigir, Lidija Švigir, Robert Švigir, Marijan Švigir, Danijel Švigir, Sania Švigir, Josip Švigir

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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