Barović families are Croats and they are mostly from Boljenovici on Peljesac Penninsula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zagreb. In Gornji Brgat in Dubrovnik area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Barović.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Barović live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Dubrovnik (20), Gornji Brgat in Dubrovnik area (10), Ston on the Peljesac peninsula (10), and in Split (<10).