Surname Bot in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bot families are Croats (from Slatina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bot live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Slatina (<10), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Budrovac (<5), and in Cadjavicki Lug in Slatina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bot (including: Botha , Booth , Both , Bott , Boot , Bodt , Bhot , Boht and Bodth ) is present in 162 countries worldwide. "Bodt " is used by some 500 people in the Netherlands , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Germany. "Bodth " is used by few people in the United States. "Bott " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in Great Britain.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Bot, Andrea Bot, Andrija Bot, Ivan Bot, Mirela Bot, Anka Bot, Osvaldo Bot, Draga Bot, Krunoslav Bot, Terezija Bot, Irma Bot, Viktor Bot, Antun Bot, Katarina Bot, Margareta Bot, Rudolf Bot, Mihael Bot, Marija Bot, Franjo Bot

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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