Surname Lončar in modern Croatia

Lončar families are often Croats and they are mostly from Imotsko. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina, Like or Boka Kotorska, less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Imotsko. In Donji Gradac in North Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Lončar.

Prevalence

About 5400 people with faimily name Lončar live in Croatia today, in 2300 households. There were 4900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 113 cities and 521 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1205), Split (265), Rijeka (160), Imotski (150), and in Osijek (130).

Outside Croatia

At least 67 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (23), the United States (13), Switzerland (9), Austria (7), Canada (5), France (5), Australia (3), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Lončar (including: Loncar , Lonchar , Lontschar , Loncsar and Lonczar ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Loncar " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Germany , and some 500 people in Argentina. "Lonchar " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Loncsar " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Lončar, Željko Lončar, Vilim Lončar, Ante Lončar, Darko Lončar, Sandra Lončar, Damir Lončar, Stjepan Lončar, Nina Lončar, Dragutin Lončar, Marijan Lončar, Ana Lončar, Zoran Lončar, Goran Lončar, Časlav Lončar, Vlatka Lončar, Lana Lončar, Milenko Lončar, Angela Lončar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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