Lugarić 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 Slovenia. In Klimen in Zlatar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Lugarić.
Prevalence
About 440 people with faimily name Lugarić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Prislin in Pregrada area (35), Klimen in Zlatar area (35), Sesvete (15), and in Greda (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lugarić (including: Lugaric , Lugarich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.