Czech (Sviták):: nickname derived from svit ‘daybreak dawn’ or from svitat ‘to dawn’. habitational name for someone from the town of Svitavy in Bohemia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
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You can see how Svitak families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Svitak family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most Svitak families were found in USA in 1920. In 1880 there were 9 Svitak families living in Nebraska. This was about 53% of all the recorded Svitak's in USA. Nebraska had the highest population of Svitak families in 1880.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Svitak surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
In 1940, Farmer and Saleslady were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Svitak. 36% of Svitak men worked as a Farmer and 100% of Svitak women worked as a Saleslady. .
Between 1959 and 2004, in the United States, Svitak life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1967, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Svitak in 1959 was 57, and 79 in 2004.