Štefičar families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Varazdin. In Kamenički Vrhovec in Lepoglava every fifth inhabitant had the family name Štefičar.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Štefičar live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Cakovec (25), Kamenicki Vrhovec (20), Vulisinec (15), Lepoglava (15), and in Benkovec in Lepoglava area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Štefičar is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.