In Croatia, Žalar families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Žalar live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in two Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zabnik (<5) and Vrhovljan (<5) in Mursko Sredisce area, Hlapicina (<5), and in Sveti Martin na Muri (<5) and Gornji Zebanec (<5) in Mursko Sredisce area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Žalar (including: Zalar , Zallar ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Zalar " is used by some 800 people in the United States , small number in Spain , and small number of people in Germany. "Zallar " is used by some 300 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
