Surname Kregar in modern Croatia

Kregar families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kregar live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Zagreb (15), Vinkovci (<10), Cakovec (<10), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kregar (including: Cregar , Kreegar , Creggar and Keregar ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Kregar " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Italy , and small number of people in Austria , small number of people in Canada. "Kreegar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cregar " is used by some 600 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Kregar, Joso Kregar, Karolina Kregar, Nada Kregar, Siniša Kregar, Alen Kregar, Čedomir Kregar, Ljerka Kregar, Ivan Kregar, Danka Kregar, Mario Kregar, Marijan Kregar, Tomislav Kregar, Marjan Kregar, Krunoslav Kregar, Marijana Kregar, Nenad Kregar, Ivo Kregar, Zlatko Kregar

Mentions in sources

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

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