Surname Verhar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Verhar families are Croats (from Vukovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Verhar live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Cakovec (<5) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Verhar (including: Verhaar , Verchar ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Verhar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Verchar " is used by few people in the United States. "Verhaar " is used by some 2000 people in the Netherlands , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Lidija Verhar, Tanja Verhar, Nenad Verhar, Vjekoslava Verhar, Marija Verhar, Slavica Verhar, Eugen Verhar, Mirjana Verhar, Vladimir Verhar, Ana Verhar, Dragutin Verhar, Adela Verhar, Petrina Verhar

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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