Surname Čar in modern Croatia

Čar families are Croats and they are mostly from Kutina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Djakovo (10), Kutina (<10), Matulji in Opatija area (<10), and in Novska (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), France (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Čar (including: Car , Carr , Char , Csar , Chaar , Chear , Caar , Czar , Ciar and Cahr ) is present in 171 countries worldwide. "Char " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Myanmar , and some 900 people in Thailand. "Carr " is used by some 100000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Great Britain , and some 9000 people in Australia. "Czar " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 80 in Canada , and some 50 people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Čar, Sandra Čar, Dražen Čar, Valentina Čar, Marjan Čar, Milica Čar, Tomislav Čar, Slavena Čar, Marija Čar, Aleksandra Čar, Sofija Čar, Vladimir Čar, Robert Čar, Ivana Čar, Janko Čar, Vanja Čar, Ivan Čar, Vjekoslav Čar, Đuro Čar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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