Surname Bator in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bator families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Bator live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Cernik in Nova Gradiska area (25), Zagreb (10), Sibenik (<10), Tenja (<5), and in Vodice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bator (including: Bhator , Battor , Bathor , Bátor and Batoor ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Bator " is used by some 7000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 700 people in Mongolia.

Characteristic first names

Josip Bator, Gordana Bator, Tomislav Bator, Kristijan Bator, Maja Bator, Vinko Bator, Snježana Bator, Nada Bator, Anka Bator, Dario Bator, Srećko Bator, Ljubica Bator, Jasmina Bator, Milka Bator, Violeta Bator, Hrvoje Bator, Ivana Bator, Jelisaveta Bator, Marija Bator

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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