Surname Salar in modern Croatia

Salar families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica area and in Zagreb. In Dubovec in Donja Stubica area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Salar.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Salar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Sesvete (25), Dubovec in Donja Stubica area (25), Poznanovec in Lepoglava area (10), Samci in Donja Stubica area (10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (3), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Salar (including: Sallar , Shalar , Szallar , Shallar , Salaar , Saalar and Sahlar ) is present in 64 countries worldwide. "Szallar " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Slovakia. "Shallar " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Turkey. "Saalar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Salar, Vlado Salar, Sandra Salar, Fabijan Salar, Davor Salar, Lidija Salar, Zlatko Salar, Zdravko Salar, Dragutin Salar, Roman Salar, Draženka Salar, Goran Salar, Dalibor Salar, Danijel Salar, Ivana Salar, Vesna Salar, Tajana Salar, Zoran Salar, Mladen Salar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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