Čergar families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Cazma area.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Čergar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 9 other places, mostly in Belovar (35), Glavnica Donja (15), Zagreb (10), Sesvete (<10), and in Jesenovec (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Čergar is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.