Surname Krčmar in modern Croatia

Krčmar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area (Virje), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Malo Selo in Western Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Krčmar.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Krčmar live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 540 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (40), Virje in Djurdjevac area (30), Orehovica in Cakovec area (30), and in Cakovec (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krčmar (including: Krcmar , Krchmar and Krcmár ) is present in 9 countries on two continents. The family name "Krcmar " is used by some 300 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Krchmar " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nevenka Krčmar, Stjepan Krčmar, Snježana Krčmar, Mijo Krčmar, Milica Krčmar, Riki Krčmar, Gordan Krčmar, Zdravko Krčmar, Renata Krčmar, Lucija Krčmar, Tomislav Krčmar, Branko Krčmar, Željko Krčmar, Darko Krčmar, Biserka Krčmar, Zvonimir Krčmar, Milena Krčmar, Renato Krčmar, Dražen Krčmar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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