Surname Čižmar in modern Croatia

Čižmar families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Samobor.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Čižmar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (10), Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (<10), Galgovo (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čižmar (including: Cizmar , Chizmar , Csizmár , Csizmar and Chizhmar ) 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

Sanja Čižmar, Željko Čižmar, Vesna Čižmar, Tomislav Čižmar, Mirjana Čižmar, Žarko Čižmar, Kristina Čižmar, Roman Čižmar, Tonkica Čižmar, Valerija Čižmar, Renato Čižmar, Zlatko Čižmar, Đuro Čižmar, Davor Čižmar, Nina Čižmar, Blaženka Čižmar, Franjo Čižmar, Dalibor Čižmar, Marijan Čižmar

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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