Šubara families are Croats and they are mostly from Podrinje (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Podrinje, Bosnia (Srebrenica area). In Postolje in Podrinje (Bosnia) every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šubara.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Šubara live in Croatia today, in 40 households. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Trnovac in Pozega area (40), Zagreb (15), Fericanci in Orahovica area (10), Pozega (<10), and in Osijek (<5).
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.