Žerjavić 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 Zlatar.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Žerjavić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (15), Ivanic-Grad (<10), Zlatar (<10), and in Zadar (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Žerjavić is present in four countries on two continents.
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.