Surname Kotur in modern Croatia

Kotur families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slunj area , whereas often Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Koturovi in Bosnian Krajina every second inhabitant had the family name Kotur.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Kotur live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Karlovac (30), Osijek (10), Zivaja in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), and in Jasenovac in Novska area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Australia (2), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Kotur (including: Kothur , Kottur , Koothur , Cotur , Kotthur , Chotur and Kothnur ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Kotur " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Ukraine. "Kothur " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Kottur " is used by small number of people in United Arab Emirates and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Kotur, Milan Kotur, Branka Kotur, Gordana Kotur, Predrag Kotur, Goran Kotur, Zorica Kotur, Dušan Kotur, Sonja Kotur, Jasna Kotur, Siniša Kotur, Nikolina Kotur, Lazar Kotur, Danica Kotur, Marta Kotur, Zoran Kotur, Zlata Kotur, Saša Kotur, Novak Kotur

Mentions in sources

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

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