In Croatia, Ovčarik families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Slovaks (also from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Djakovo area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Ovčarik live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Osijek (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.