Flegar families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 510 people with faimily name Flegar live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 63 other places, mostly in Sracinec in Varazdin area (85), Zagreb (80), Gologorica in Pazin area (30), Nasice (20), and in Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (15).
Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Australia (1), and to the United States (1). Family name Flegar is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Flegar " is used by small number of people in Italy , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Phlegar " is used by some 400 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.