Surname Jota.

  • Surname Jota in modern Croatia

    In Croatia, Jota families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica area.

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  • Prevalence

    About 10 people with faimily name Jota live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
    They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zubrica (10) and Suhopolje (<5) in Virovitica area.

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Jota (including: Yota , Jotta , Jhota , Yotha , Iota , Jothula , Jotha , Jothiya and Iotha ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. "Iotha " is used by few people in the United States. "Jhota " is used by small number of people in the United States.

  • Characteristic first names

    Zvonko Jota, Ivan Jota, Stjepan Jota, Terezija Jota, Anka Jota, Marica Jota, Tihomir Jota, Mirela Jota, Zvonimira Jota, Dražen Jota, Josip Jota, Marija Jota, Vladimir Jota

  • Last name Jota around the globe

    See the countries where surname Jota is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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