Surname Bihar in modern Croatia

Bihar families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Bihar live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Slatina (15), Dekanovec in Prelog area (10), Prelog (<10), and in Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bihar (including: Bichar , Bichevar , Bichakar , Bichkar , Bithar , Bhichar , Bichavar , Bhihar and Biechar ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. "Bithar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bichkar " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Bihar, Zdravko Bihar, Drago Bihar, Morana Bihar, Nina Bihar, Zlatko Bihar, Mirela Bihar, Vesna Bihar, Spomenka Bihar, Dubravka Bihar, Davor Bihar, Ana Bihar, Dijana Bihar, Đuro Bihar, Kristina Bihar, Jasminka Bihar, Mladen Bihar, Nataša Bihar, Renata Bihar

Mentions in sources

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.

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