Surname Žegrec in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Žegrec live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (60), Ferovac in Orahovica area (15), Oroslavje (<10), Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (<5), and in Spickovina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žegrec is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Anita Žegrec, Zlatko Žegrec, Sanjin Žegrec, Goran Žegrec, Vladimir Žegrec, Zdravko Žegrec, Mario Žegrec, Nevenka Žegrec, Željka Žegrec, Christian Žegrec, Ivan Žegrec, Boris Žegrec, Davor Žegrec, Damir Žegrec, Drago Žegrec, Dalibor Žegrec, Slavica Žegrec, Ljiljana Žegrec, Tihomir Žegrec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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