Vahtarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. According to some sources they are from Czechia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In Risvica in Pregrada area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Vahtarić.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Vahtarić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Risvica in Pregrada area (20), Ludbreg (10), Belajske Poljice in Duga Resa area (<10), and in Poljanec in Ludbreg 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.