In Croatia, Šćitar families are predominantly Croats (from Donja Stubica ), rarely Serbs.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Šćitar live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Donja Podgora (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Jaksinec in Donja Stubica area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Šćitar is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Scitar " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.