Surname Hrgar in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Hrgar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Varazdin (15), in Donje Ladanje (10) and Vinica (10) in Ivanec area, Zagreb (10), and in Zapresic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hrgar (including: Thurgar , Chorgaar , Chargar , Hergar and Thargar ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. "Chargar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljerka Hrgar, Vladimir Hrgar, Mirica Hrgar, Ivan Hrgar, Hrvoje Hrgar, Martina Hrgar, Mirko Hrgar, Zdravko Hrgar, Nino Hrgar, Draženka Hrgar, Igor Hrgar, Karmela Hrgar, Mirela Hrgar, Ivica Hrgar, Branko Hrgar, Marijan Hrgar, Anita Hrgar, Tihana Hrgar, Valentina Hrgar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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