Bugarski families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Vukovar area , but often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Bugarski live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Brsadin in Vukovar area (15), Zagreb (15), Tenja (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Ilok (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bugarski is present in 22 countries on four continents. "Bugarsky " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Romania.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.