In Croatia, Čuvar families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Čuvar live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Starjak (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Kupinecki Kraljevec (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Čuvar (including: Cuvar , Chuvar , Csuvar and Cuevar ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Cuvar " is used by some 90 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.