Gatara families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Sibenik area.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Gatara live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Sibenik (35), Bilice in Sibenik area (10), Zadar (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).
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.