Surname Sitar in modern Croatia

Sitar families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Gornje Jesenje in Krapina area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Sitar.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Sitar live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Gornje Jesenje in Krapina area (50), Koprivnica (45), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (15), and in Pula (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Austria (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Sitar (including: Sittar , Sytar , Szitár , Sithar , Sitár , Sítar , Szitar , Shitar and Sithawar ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Sitar " is used by some 2000 people in Ukraine , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Slovakia. "Sithar " is used by some 60 people in Pakistan , small number in Sri Lanka , and small number of people in the United States. "Szitar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anita Sitar, Igor Sitar, Jasna Sitar, Dražen Sitar, Marija Sitar, Hrvoje Sitar, Stjepan Sitar, Ivan Sitar, Snježana Sitar, Željkica Sitar, Drago Sitar, Vladimir Sitar, Branko Sitar, Ingrid Sitar, Marijan Sitar, Ivica Sitar, Tomislav Sitar, Mario Sitar, Božidar Sitar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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