Žganjer families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Gregurić Breg in Samobor every seventh inhabitant had the family name Žganjer.
Prevalence
About 240 people with faimily name Žganjer live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Samobor (30), Greguric Breg (15), Smerovisce (10), and in Cerje (10).
Outside Croatia
At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (4), Austria (3), Switzerland (2), and to Canada (2). Family name Žganjer is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Zganjer " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Slovakia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
