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Surname Filar in modern Croatia
Filar families are Croats and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Stubalj in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Filar.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Filar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Stubalj in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (30), Zagreb (25), Bobovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), Sisak (<10), and in Gusce (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Filar (including: Felaar , Fillar , Philar and Fellar ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Filar " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 400 in the United States , and some 80 people in Czech Republic. "Philar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Fillar " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in the Philippines.
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Characteristic first names
Krešimir Filar,
Dražen Filar,
Željka Filar,
Jelena Filar,
Tomislav Filar,
Adriana Filar,
Stjepan Filar,
Vlatka Filar,
Danijel Filar,
Boris Filar,
Nada Filar,
Kata Filar,
Verica Filar,
Melita Filar,
Gordana Filar,
Nikola Filar,
Nikolina Filar,
Ivan Filar,
Tonka Filar
