Hižar families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Hižar live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Radovan (20), in Selnica (15) and Podgorje Bistricko (<10) in Zlatar area, and in Velika Gorica (<10).
