Surname Krota in modern Croatia

Krota families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and in Slovenia. In Pengari in Buzet nearly every inhabitant had the family name Krota.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Krota live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Umag (<10), Rijeka (<10), Matulji in Opatija area (<10), Selca (<10), and in Buzet (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krota (including: Crotta , Krotha , Cherota , Cirota , Krotta , Cerota , Krohta , Krottha and Chirota ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Krota " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Krohta " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Crotta " is used by some 700 people in Italy , about 100 in Argentina , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Krota, Patrizia Krota, Željko Krota, Loretta Krota, Denis Krota, Svjetlan Krota, Marinela Krota, Marino Krota, Bojan Krota, Stanko Krota, Orjana Krota, Mario Krota, Alenka Krota, Sandra Krota, Silvano Krota, Siniša Krota, Michele Krota, Marija Krota, Đani Krota

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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