Linarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj area. According to some sources they are from Gorskog Kotara. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Senj area.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Linarić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 9 Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Brinje in Senj area (10), Virovitica (<10), Djurdjevac (<10), and in Grizane-Belgrad in Novi Vinodolski area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Linarić (including: Linaric , Linarich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.