Surname Gotovina in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gotovina families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Pasman ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Gotovina live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Tkon on the Island of Pasman (15), Pakostane in Biograd na moru area (10), Pula (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gotovina is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Gotovina " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Gotovina, Svetlana Gotovina, Ivan Gotovina, Gorana Gotovina, Vanda Gotovina, Andrija Gotovina, Sonja Gotovina, Jurica Gotovina, Branimir Gotovina, Slavica Gotovina, Gordana Gotovina, Andrea Gotovina, Siniša Gotovina, Frane Gotovina, Jasmina Gotovina, Elio Gotovina, Miroslav Gotovina, Hubert Gotovina, Boris Gotovina

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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