Surname Kokot in modern Croatia

Kokot families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area , according to some sources they are from Labin, very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area. In Malo Gradišće in Ivanec area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kokot.

Prevalence

About 710 people with faimily name Kokot live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 870 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 95 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Varazdin (35), Dugo Selo (35), Donja Reka (30), and in Gornja Voca in Ivanec area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (22), Germany (6), the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1), France (1), Australia (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Kokot (including: Kocot , Chokotho , Kokott , Kockott , Koczot , Kokoth , Cokot , Kocott and Kokkot ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Kokot " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 700 in Germany , and some 400 people in the United States. "Kokoth " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kokott " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 200 in South Africa , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Eugen Kokot, Hrvoje Kokot, Gracijano Kokot, Josip Kokot, Ivica Kokot, Livio Kokot, Andreja Kokot, Sebastian Kokot, Stjepan Kokot, Robert Kokot, Renato Kokot, Helena Kokot, Damir Kokot, Vesna Kokot, Blanka Kokot, Krunoslav Kokot, Stanko Kokot, Vladimir Kokot, Elvira Kokot

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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