Surname Švoger in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Švoger families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanec area ), barely Italians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Švoger live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 6 other places, mostly in Varazdin (<10), Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<10), in Vinica (<10) and Donje Vratno (<10) in Ivanec area, and in Rivalno in Ludbreg area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Švoger (including: Svoger , Swogger , Swoger and Swooger ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Swoger " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Swogger " is used by some 900 people in the United States. "Swooger " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Švoger, Vlasta Švoger, Slavko Švoger, Danijel Švoger, Željka Švoger, Siniša Švoger, Ivica Švoger, Mirjana Švoger, Nikola Švoger, Mijo Švoger, Štefanija Švoger, Franjo Švoger, Dragica Švoger, Dražen Švoger, Sonja Švoger, Valentina Švoger, Andrej Švoger, Ljubica Švoger, Marko Švoger

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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