Čotić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac area and in Split. In Otrić-Seoci in Vrgorac area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Čotić.
Prevalence
About 420 people with faimily name Čotić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Otric-Seoci in Vrgorac area (145), Split (130), Dubrava (45), Zagreb (20), and in Metkovic (20).
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.