Surname Kuhar in modern Croatia

Kuhar families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Pašnik in Lepoglava area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Kuhar.

Prevalence

About 980 people with faimily name Kuhar live in Croatia today, in 420 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 107 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Samobor (55), Rude (50), Varazdin (45), and in Koprivnica (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Sweden (3), France (2), the United States (2), Switzerland (2), Australia (1), and to Brazil (1).
Family name Kuhar (including: Kuchar , Kuthar , Kuchmar , Kuchakar , Kuchkar , Kuchhar , Kuthyar , Kuchvar and Kuchtar ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. The family name "Kuhar " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 800 in Ukraine , and some 300 people in Germany. "Kuchar " is used by some 2000 people in Czech Republic , about 1000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Kuchmar " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , about 90 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlatka Kuhar, Franjo Kuhar, Miljenka Kuhar, Stjepan Kuhar, Sanja Kuhar, Nada Kuhar, Edo Kuhar, Dean Kuhar, Bojan Kuhar, Marija Kuhar, Milan Kuhar, Mirko Kuhar, Srećko Kuhar, Zdenko Kuhar, Karlo Kuhar, Željko Kuhar, Igor Kuhar, Martina Kuhar, Lidija Kuhar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1701 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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