Deskar families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Virovitica.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Deskar live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Virovitica (40), Zagreb (40), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (30), and in Spisic Bukovica (20) and Novi Antunovac (<10) in Virovitica area.
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1). Family name Deskar (including: Deshkar , Descar and Deschar ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. "Descar " is used by small number of people in France and small number of people in the United States.
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.