Surname Bačar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bačar families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and in Virovitica area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bačar live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (15), Virovitica (<10), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<10), Umag (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bačar (including: Bacar , Bachar , Bachhar , Baccar , Bazzar , Bachkar , Backar , Bacahr , Bacarr and Baczar ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. "Bazzar " is used by some 600 people in Morocco , about 90 in Egypt , and some 80 people in the United States. "Bacarr " is used by few people in the United States. "Bachtiar " is used by some 40000 people in Indonesia , about 400 in Malaysia , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bačar, Marko Bačar, Marijeta Bačar, Nensi Bačar, Kruno Bačar, Zdenko Bačar, Goran Bačar, Mario Bačar, Ivana Bačar, Vesna Bačar, Zlatko Bačar, Ana Bačar, Barbara Bačar, Maja Bačar, Matea Bačar, Dario Bačar, Antun Bačar, Mira Bačar, Zoran Bačar

Mentions in sources

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

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