Surname Čavar in modern Croatia

Čavar families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina, Široki Brijeg. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Čavar live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Osijek (20), Split (15), Vinkovci (15), and in Sesvete (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čavar (including: Cavar , Chavar , Chilavar , Chitavar , Chawar , Chhavar , Chavhar , Czavar , Cawar and Chavarr ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Cavar " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Chavar " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Mexico. "Czavar " is used by small number of people in Romania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Čavar, Dražen Čavar, Ivica Čavar, Stanko Čavar, Mirjana Čavar, Branimir Čavar, Sanda Čavar, Franjo Čavar, Mojca Čavar, Tomislav Čavar, Anita Čavar, Zoran Čavar, Željko Čavar, Ljiljana Čavar, Ines Čavar, Svjetlana Čavar, Drago Čavar, Mladenko Čavar, Josip Čavar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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