In Croatia, Stanger families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Stanger live in Croatia today, in five households only. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Lovran in Opatija area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Stanger (including: Shtanger , Stangher ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Stanger " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 900 in Germany , and some 900 people in Brazil.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.