Surname Vrhar in modern Croatia

Vrhar families are often Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area , less frequently Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Vrhar live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Sveti Martin na Muri in Mursko Sredisce area (20), Beli Manastir (10), Turcisce in Prelog area (10), Cakovec (<10), and in Slakovec in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vrhar (including: Verhaar , Verhar and Verhaer ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Verhar " is used by small number of 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

Nino Vrhar, Stjepan Vrhar, Danijel Vrhar, Ana Vrhar, Silvana Vrhar, Radovan Vrhar, Dražen Vrhar, Marijan Vrhar, Mario Vrhar, Marko Vrhar, Josipa Vrhar, Anica Vrhar, Manuela Vrhar, Marijana Vrhar, Zlatko Vrhar, Barica Vrhar, Nenad Vrhar, Dragutin Vrhar, Milenko Vrhar

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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