In Croatia, Szellar families are Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Szellar live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Batina in Beli Manastir area (<10).
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.