Surname Kotnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kotnik families are generally Croats (from Pazin ), rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Jastrebarsko.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kotnik live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Varazdin (<10), Pazin (<5), Labin (<5), and in Lucko (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kotnik is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Kotnik " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Austria , and some 100 people in Germany. "Kotnick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Kotnik, Zdenka Kotnik, Ljudevit Kotnik, Hrvoje Kotnik, Andrea Kotnik, Saša Kotnik, Kristijan Kotnik, Karlo Kotnik, Nenad Kotnik, Danica Kotnik, Snježana Kotnik, Krešimir Kotnik, Ljiljana Kotnik, Josip Kotnik, Nikola Kotnik, Zoran Kotnik, Etica Kotnik, Armanda Kotnik, Marija Kotnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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