Surname Basar in modern Croatia

Basar families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Ozalj. In Trg in Ozalj every seventh inhabitant had the family name Basar.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Basar live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Karlovac (65), Trg (15), Luka (15), Polje Ozaljsko (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (5), Canada (2), and to France (2).
Family name Basar (including: Bashar , Bhasar , Basarr , Bassar , Bashaar , Bhashar , Baashar , Bahsar and Basaar ) is present in 89 countries worldwide. "Bhasar " is used by few people in the United States. "Bashaar " is used by some 200 people in Afghanistan , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in United Arab Emirates. "Bhashar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Basar, Stjepan Basar, Vlasta Basar, Deana Basar, Damir Basar, Tatjana Basar, Mladen Basar, Dražen Basar, Franjo Basar, Mira Basar, Marijo Basar, Ana Basar, Svetozar Basar, Melita Basar, Saša Basar, Bruno Basar, Ivanka Basar, Marina Basar, Marica Basar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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