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Žagar (surname)

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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:

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

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