Licitar families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krapina area.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Licitar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Petrinja (10), Sesvete (<10), and in Krapinske Toplice (<10) and Lovreca Sela (<10) in Krapina area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Licitar is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Licitar " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.