Brodar families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Ivanec area.
Prevalence
About 280 people with faimily name Brodar live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Mursko Sredisce (30), Gornje Jesenje in Krapina area (30), Josipovac (25), Vinica in Ivanec area (20), and in Zagreb (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Brodar is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Brodar " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Ukraine , and small number of people in Germany , small number of people in Italy.
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.
