Hotko families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Hotko live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (10), Zapresic (<10), and in Marija Gorica (<10) and Vukovo Selo (<10) in Zapresic area.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.