Maltar families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. According to some sources they are from Remetinca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Remetinec in Novi Marof every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Maltar.
Prevalence
About 350 people with faimily name Maltar live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Remetinec (45), Kotoriba in Prelog area (40), Novi Marof (30), and in Petrijevci in Valpovo area (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Maltar is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Maltar " is used by some 100 people in Mongolia , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.