Surname Žagmešter in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žagmešter families are Croats (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Oroslavje area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Žagmešter live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Marija Gorica in Zapresic area (<10), Zapresic (<5), and in Gornja Bistra (<5) and Novaki Bistranski (<5) in Oroslavje area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Žagmešter is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Zagmester " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danica Žagmešter, Zlatko Žagmešter, Iva Žagmešter, Dražen Žagmešter, Mladen Žagmešter, Franjo Žagmešter, Ivica Žagmešter, Ivona Žagmešter, Mijo Žagmešter, Zorica Žagmešter, Ana Žagmešter, Marijan Žagmešter, Mirela Žagmešter, Sanja Žagmešter, Ivana Žagmešter, Viktorija Žagmešter, Ivan Žagmešter, Božena Žagmešter, Biserka Žagmešter

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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