Surname Lakota in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lakota families are generally Croats (from Cabar ), very rarely Italians (from Opatija ), and barely Bosniaks (from Sibenik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Lakota live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Gradiste in Zupanja area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (<10), Cabar (<10), and in Pobri (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lakota (including: Lakotta , Lacota , Lacotta , Lachotta and Lachota ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Lakota " is used by some 300 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Kyrgyzstan. "Lakotta " is used by some 200 people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Lacotta " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Lakota, Zdravko Lakota, Juraj Lakota, Nataša Lakota, Dijan Lakota, Ivana Lakota, Višnja Lakota, Mirela Lakota, Ivan Lakota, Josip Lakota, Rezika Lakota, Jasna Lakota, Alen Lakota, Leonardo Lakota, Matija Lakota, Marin Lakota, Radojka Lakota, Damir Lakota, Slavko Lakota

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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