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Surname Žirovec in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Žirovec families are Croats (from Lepoglava area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Rijeka.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Žirovec live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Bednja (20) and Sinkovica Bednjanska (<10) in Lepoglava area, Varazdin (<5), Vidovec in Varazdin area (<5), and in Tribalj in Novi Vinodolski area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Žirovec is present in this form only in Croatia.
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Characteristic first names
Vjekoslav Žirovec,
Franjo Žirovec,
Ivica Žirovec,
Vlatka Žirovec,
Željko Žirovec,
Dragutin Žirovec,
Božica Žirovec,
Tomislav Žirovec,
Tajana Žirovec,
Josipa Žirovec,
Milan Žirovec,
Davor Žirovec,
Nevenka Žirovec,
Inga Žirovec,
Marija Žirovec,
Ivana Žirovec,
Vesna Žirovec,
Liljana Žirovec,
Ivan Žirovec