Purgar families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. According to some sources they are from Bjelovar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 370 people with faimily name Purgar live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Remetinec (55), Novi Marof (35), Osijek (25), and in Selnica Psarjevacka (15).
Outside Croatia
At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Austria (3), Germany (1), and to Canada (1). Family name Purgar is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Purgar " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia.
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.
