Žagar (surname)

Žagar is a Slovene and Croatian surname, an occupational surname, it is a Slavicized version of German Säger meaning sawyer.[1] It is the 24th most popular surname in Slovenia, and is borne by 2,805 individuals.[2] In Croatia, it is borne by 1,619 individuals,[3] and it is traditionally found in Gorski Kotar[4] and Međimurje,[5] and was first mentioned in 1570 in Čabar,[4] where it is also one of the most numerous surnames today.[6] Ethnographically, it is autochthonously Carniolan.[7] It may refer to:

References

  1. Frančić 1993, p. 71.
  2. STAT.si.
  3. "Names and surnames in Republic of Croatia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011.
  4. Grad Glina.
  5. Frančić 1993.
  6. Malnar 2001.
  7. Šarić 2009, p. 354.

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