Šlibar families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina. In Cetinovec in Zlatar every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šlibar.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Šlibar live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Kutina (25), Cetinovec (20), Petrijanec in Varazdin area (15), and in Donji Vidovec in Prelog area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Šlibar is present in 6 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.