Volarević families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Metkovic. According to some sources they are from Montenegro, and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 740 people with faimily name Volarević live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Metkovic (280), Prud (180), Zagreb (95), Split (35), and in Vid (35).
Outside Croatia
Family name Volarević is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Volarevic " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.