Surname Lihtar in modern Croatia

Lihtar families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Lihtar live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Veliki Bukovec in Zlatar area (20), Sesvete (<10), Turcin in Varazdin area (<10), and in Mace in Zlatar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lihtar is present in 8 countries.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Lihtar, Vladimir Lihtar, Reno Lihtar, Silvestar Lihtar, Damir Lihtar, Marijana Lihtar, Stjepan Lihtar, Vesna Lihtar, Sandra Lihtar, Antun Lihtar, Mira Lihtar, Marijan Lihtar, Zdravko Lihtar, Davorin Lihtar, Ivica Lihtar, Mario Lihtar, Andreja Lihtar, Juraj Lihtar, Tomislav Lihtar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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