Čižmek families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zabok area. In Lipovec in Oroslavje area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čižmek.
Prevalence
About 360 people with faimily name Čižmek live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Sesvete (20), Zlatar (15), Klanjec (15), and in Slavonski Brod (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Čižmek is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Cizmek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.