Glažar families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Cakovec area.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Glažar live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Rijeka (55), Zagreb (35), in Glavani (15) and Kostrena (<10) in Bakr area, and in Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Glažar is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Glazar " is used by some 400 people in Poland , about 400 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
