Surname Jagar in modern Croatia

Jagar families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area). In Radulec in Vrbovec area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Jagar.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Jagar live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Globocec in Zlatar area (25), Slavonski Brod (15), Molve in Djurdjevac area (10), and in Radulec in Vrbovec area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Australia (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Jagar (including: Jaghar , Jaggar , Jhagar , Iagar , Jhaggar , Yagar and Jagarr ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Jagar " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Mongolia. "Yagar " is used by some 800 people in Turkey , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Jaggar " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Great Britain , and small number of people in Morocco.

Characteristic first names

Dubravko Jagar, Tomislav Jagar, Ante Jagar, Slađana Jagar, Rajko Jagar, Ivan Jagar, Mladen Jagar, Drago Jagar, Ninoslav Jagar, Branka Jagar, Slavko Jagar, Mario Jagar, Nikola Jagar, Dragutin Jagar, Dragica Jagar, Matko Jagar, Romina Jagar, Jasminko Jagar, Stjepan Jagar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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