Žmegač families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area (Donja and Gornja Voca). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Žmegač live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Vinica in Ivanec area (35), Varazdin (30), Donja Voca in Ivanec area (20), Zagreb (10), and in Sracinec in Varazdin area (10).
Outside Croatia
At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), Australia (1), and to France (1). Family name Žmegač is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
