Pugar families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Pugar live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 250 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 15 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Selnica in Zlatar area (20), Cazma (10), Sesvete (10), and in Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (1), and to Australia (1). Family name Pugar (including: Pughar , Phugar ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Pugar " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia , about 100 in Turkey , and some 70 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.