Surname Ciglar in modern Croatia

Ciglar families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Ciglar live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Varazdin (55), Cakovec (35), Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (25), and in Slatina (15).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Ciglar (including: Ziglar , Zieglar ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Ciglar " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Ziglar " is used by some 1000 people in the United States. "Zieglar " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Narcisa Ciglar, Vesna Ciglar, Damir Ciglar, Srećko Ciglar, Karmen Ciglar, Ivan Ciglar, Željko Ciglar, Mario Ciglar, Ivana Ciglar, Predrag Ciglar, Mirta Ciglar, Dragutin Ciglar, Martina Ciglar, Ines Ciglar, Robert Ciglar, Saša Ciglar, Vladimir Ciglar, Irena Ciglar, Dražen Ciglar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1693 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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