In Croatia, Kuščar families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Kuščar live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only four Croatian places: in Nedeljanec in Varazdin area (<5), Oroslavje (<5), Turcin in Varazdin area (<5), and in Zlatar (<5).
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.