In Croatia, Tovarac families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on Peljesac Peninsula.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Tovarac live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Mokosica (<10), Dubrovnik (<5), Zagreb (<5), Nova Mokosica (<5), and in Ston on the Peljesac peninsula (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tovarac is present in three countries on two continents. "Tovaraz " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.