Golubar families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In places Sveti Ilija and Črešnjevo in Varazdin area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Golubar.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Golubar live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Sveti Ilija in Varazdin area (25), Varazdin (15), Zagreb (10), and in Cresnjevo (10) and Beretinec (<10) in Varazdin area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Golubar is present in 8 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.