Frequency: (204)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian (all Lončar): occupational name from lončar ‘potter’, derived from Slovenian lonec, Croatian and Serbian lonac ‘pot’, + the agent noun suffix -ar.
2. possibly also an Americanized form of German Langhaar (see Longcor).
GIVEN NAMES: South Slavic 7%. Ljubica (2), Branko, Pasko.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
