In Croatia, Kotoraš families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Hvar ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Kotoraš live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Vrboska on the Island of Hvar (25) and Zagreb (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kotoraš (including: Cotoras , Kotoras ) is present in four countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.