Surname Ovčarić in modern Croatia

Ovčarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krapina.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Ovčarić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Jalsje in Zabok area (35), Dolice (20), Petrovsko in Krapina area (<10), and in Porec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ovčarić (including: Ovcaric , Ovcarich and Ovcharick ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Ovcarich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marčela Ovčarić, Branko Ovčarić, Zlatko Ovčarić, Vedran Ovčarić, Liljana Ovčarić, Željko Ovčarić, Zdenka Ovčarić, Davor Ovčarić, Mihael Ovčarić, Lidija Ovčarić, Saša Ovčarić, Boris Ovčarić, Biserka Ovčarić, Zoran Ovčarić, Žarka Ovčarić, Vlado Ovčarić, Kristijan Ovčarić, Damir Ovčarić, Štefica Ovčarić

Mentions in sources

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.

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