In Croatia, Žličar families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krizevci area.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Žličar live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Sesvete (10), Crecan in Cakovec area (<10), Prekopa in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Krizevci (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.