Surname Žamarija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žamarija families are almost entirely Croats (from Ozalj area ), barely Slovenes (from Labin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Zagreb. In Žamarija in Ozalj area every second inhabitant had the family name Žamarija.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Žamarija live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Jurkovo Selo in Ozalj area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Oriovac in Pleternica area (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Jastrebarsko (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žamarija (including: Zamarija , Zamariya ) is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Lana Žamarija, Miljenko Žamarija, Dragutin Žamarija, Branko Žamarija, Dragica Žamarija, Ivančica Žamarija, Ivan Žamarija, Marijan Žamarija, Mira Žamarija, Tomislav Žamarija, Vladimir Žamarija, Željko Žamarija, Maja Žamarija, Suzica Žamarija, Ivana Žamarija, Željka Žamarija, Makso Žamarija, Ladislava Žamarija, Matija Žamarija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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