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Surname Šotola in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šotola families are generally Croats (from Grubisno Polje ), very rarely Czechs (also from Grubisno Polje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje and Bjelovar.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Šotola live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Daruvar (<10), Brezovac (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šotola (including: Sotola , Shotola , Schotola and Sottolla ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Shotola " is used by some 90 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Marija Šotola,
Katarina Šotola,
Božica Šotola,
Saša Šotola,
Ivana Šotola,
Josip Šotola,
Goran Šotola,
Zlatko Šotola,
Darko Šotola,
Mirouš Šotola,
Slavka Šotola,
Veno Šotola,
Adolf Šotola,
Đurđica Šotola,
Ančica Šotola,
Željko Šotola,
Tomislav Šotola,
Danica Šotola,
Jozefina Šotola