Surname Ćota in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćota families are generally Croats (from Umag ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Ćota live in Croatia today, in three households only.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Umag (<5), and in Donji Dragonozec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćota (including: Cota , Chota , Cotta , Ciotta , Chiota , Ciota , Chotha , Cotha , Ccota and Tschota ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. The family name "Cota " is used by some 100000 people in Mexico , about 40000 in Brazil , and some 30000 people in the United States. "Tschota " is used by few people in the United States. "Cotha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljanko Ćota, Josip Ćota, Jasenka Ćota, Ivan Ćota, Vinko Ćota, Vera Ćota, Božidar Ćota, Milka Ćota, Ljiljana Ćota, Željko Ćota, Darko Ćota, Krešimir Ćota, Ana Ćota, Berislav Ćota, Berislava Ćota, Luce Ćota

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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