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Surname Ovčar in modern Croatia
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.
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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).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ovčar (including: Ovcar , Ovchar , Owchar , Owczar and Owcar ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Owcar " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Stjepan Ovčar,
Dragutin Ovčar,
Zvonimir Ovčar,
Željko Ovčar,
Ivan Ovčar,
Renata Ovčar,
Mirjana Ovčar,
Daniel Ovčar,
Žarko Ovčar,
Mario Ovčar,
Zdenko Ovčar,
Bruna Ovčar,
Josip Ovčar,
Antun Ovčar,
Veronka Ovčar,
Ladislav Ovčar,
Nataša Ovčar,
Mladen Ovčar,
Ivica Ovčar
