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Surname Cota in modern Croatia
Cota families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. According to some sources they are from Dalmatia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Mrkonjic Grad area) and in Knin area. In Suknovci in Knin area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Cota.
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Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Cota live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Ivanic-Grad (20), Lipovljani in Novska area (20), Nova Gradiska (15), and in Split (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Cota (including: Chota , Cotta , Zota , Chhota , Chotta , Chotha , Cotha , Ccota and Cothia ) is present in 96 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. "Cotha " is used by few people in the United States. "Cotta " is used by some 10000 people in Brazil , about 1000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Italy.
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Characteristic first names
Bogomil Cota,
Petar Cota,
Marijana Cota,
Ines Cota,
Boris Cota,
Dražen Cota,
Nikolina Cota,
Miran Cota,
Branko Cota,
Miroslav Cota,
Zdravko Cota,
Paul Cota,
Lilit Cota,
Jakov Cota,
Brankica Cota,
Mirela Cota,
Ivan Cota,
Ilija Cota,
Nikola Cota
