Opančar families are Croats and they are mostly from Donji Miholjac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Donji Miholjac area.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Opančar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Podgajci Podravski (30), Osijek (20), Moslavina Podravska in Donji Miholjac area (15), Vrbova in Nova Gradiska area (15), and in Petrijevci in Valpovo area (10).
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.