Surname Čelar in modern Croatia

Čelar families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Sibenik. In Bilo Polje in Western Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Čelar.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Čelar live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (25), Sibenik (20), Zagreb (15), Borovo in Vukovar area (10), and in Varazdin (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čelar (including: Chelar , Chmelar , Cellar , Celar , Cehlar , Czellar , Cielar , Celhar , Csellar and Chelhar ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. "Chelar " is used by some 90 people in Ivory Coast , about 60 in Argentina , and small number of people in the United States. "Cellar " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Slovakia , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Cehlar " is used by some 200 people in Slovakia , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Antun Čelar, Stanko Čelar, Branka Čelar, Ivanka Čelar, Mirna Čelar, Ljubiša Čelar, Željko Čelar, Marija Čelar, Danica Čelar, Tamara Čelar, Bogdan Čelar, Antea Čelar, Slavica Čelar, Toma Čelar, Miroslav Čelar, Jakov Čelar, Darko Čelar, Paško Čelar, Ladislava Čelar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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