Surname Tatar in modern Croatia

Tatar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Osijek area , less frequently Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Tatar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Cepin in Osijek area (15), Osijek (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Kupinec in Jastrebarsko area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tatar (including: Thatar , Tattar , Tatár , Thathar , Tathar , Tathgar , Taatar , Tathekar and Thattar ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. "Tattar " is used by some 90 people in Libya , about 70 in Russian Federation , and some 70 people in the United States. "Tathar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Tatar, Krunoslav Tatar, Igor Tatar, Gazmend Tatar, Ljerkica Tatar, Ivo Tatar, Damir Tatar, Tomislav Tatar, Jolanda Tatar, Siniša Tatar, Ivana Tatar, Ana Tatar, Dragica Tatar, Hilmija Tatar, Marica Tatar, Antonio Tatar, Asima Tatar, Ljiljana Tatar, Josip Tatar

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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