Surname Kučar in modern Croatia

Kučar families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Jalkovec in Varazdin every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Kučar.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kučar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Varazdin (35), Jalkovec (15), Lepoglava (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kučar (including: Kuchar , Kuchekar , Kucar , Kuchmar , Kuchevar , Kuchkar , Kuchhar , Kuchvar , Kuchtar and Kuzzar ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Kuchar " is used by some 2000 people in Czech Republic , about 1000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Kuzzar " is used by few people in the United States. "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

Franjo Kučar, Melita Kučar, Damir Kučar, Lahorka Kučar, Mladen Kučar, Jadranka Kučar, Franica Kučar, Danijela Kučar, Ružica Kučar, Marija Kučar, Mirjana Kučar, Marina Kučar, Dragutin Kučar, Tihomir Kučar, Ivan Kučar, Robert Kučar, Krešimir Kučar, Romina Kučar, Niko Kučar

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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