Surname Kotarski in modern Croatia

Kotarski families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zabok area.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Kotarski live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Samobor (35), in Kotarice (30) and Ciglenica Zagorska (25) in Zabok area, and in Kladje (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kotarski (including: Kotarsky , Kotharski ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Kotarski " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 800 in the United States , and some 300 people in Brazil. "Kotarsky " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Kotarski, Višnja Kotarski, Zdenka Kotarski, Franjo Kotarski, Snježana Kotarski, Dragutin Kotarski, Zvonko Kotarski, Ivan Kotarski, Marijan Kotarski, Ankica Kotarski, Davor Kotarski, Tina Kotarski, Nenad Kotarski, Biserka Kotarski, Marijo Kotarski, Hrvoje Kotarski, Paula Kotarski, Stjepan Kotarski, Anita Kotarski

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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