Surname Gotal in modern Croatia

Gotal families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ivanec.

Prevalence

About 590 people with faimily name Gotal live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Ivanec (95), Varazdin (55), Gorican in Cakovec area (25), and in Osijek (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gotal (including: Gothal , Gothwal , Gothaval , Gottal , Ghotal , Gothval , Gothawal , Gothalal and Gothayal ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Gotal " is used by some 50 people in Belgium , some 50 people in France , and small number of people in the United States. "Gothal " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gottal " is used by small number of people in Belgium , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Luxembourg.

Characteristic first names

Alica Gotal, Jurica Gotal, Trpimir Gotal, Davor Gotal, Miljenko Gotal, Vesna Gotal, Dragan Gotal, Željko Gotal, Bosiljka Gotal, Tomislav Gotal, Nino Gotal, Dalibor Gotal, Mario Gotal, Suzana Gotal, Mirjana Gotal, Julio Gotal, Nataša Gotal, Dijana Gotal, Grozdana Gotal

Mentions in sources

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.

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