Ovčar families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb. In Gornji Macelj in Krapina area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ovčar.
Prevalence
About 340 people with faimily name Ovčar live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Cakovec (55), Zagreb (40), Belica in Cakovec area (25), Gornji Macelj in Krapina area (20), and in Dekanovec in Prelog area (20).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.