In Croatia, Žlibar families are Croats (from Ivanec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Žlibar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Koretinec (20) and Calinec (15) in Ivanec area, Zagreb (15), Vinica in Ivanec area (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Žlibar 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.