Surname Čizmar in modern Croatia

Čizmar families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Daruvar area , rarely Rusyns. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Čizmar live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Osijek (10), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (10), Vinkovci (10), and in Visnjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čizmar (including: Cizmar , Chizmar , Csizmár and Csizmar ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Cizmar " is used by some 4000 people in Slovakia , about 1000 in Czech Republic , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Chizmar " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 200 in Ukraine , and some 200 people in Panama. "Csizmar " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Čizmar, Živko Čizmar, Franjo Čizmar, Ivana Čizmar, Đuro Čizmar, Zvonimir Čizmar, Ljiljana Čizmar, Marina Čizmar, Antun Čizmar, Milka Čizmar, Saša Čizmar, Sandra Čizmar, Vladimir Čizmar, Stjepan Čizmar, Sanja Čizmar, Željko Čizmar, Vlado Čizmar, Nada Čizmar, Zlatko Čizmar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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