Surname Markota in modern Croatia

Markota families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Dalmatia, maybe even Italy. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Posusje area) and in Metkovic.

Prevalence

About 600 people with faimily name Markota live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Rogotin (60), Pleternica (50), Metkovic (45), and in Split (45).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Austria (2), the United States (1), Australia (1), Sweden (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Markota is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Markota " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Argentina , and some 90 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Markota, Božo Markota, Boris Markota, Lada Markota, Slobodan Markota, Željko Markota, Hrvoje Markota, Marinko Markota, Vedran Markota, Zdravko Markota, Dražen Markota, Zlatko Markota, Perica Markota, Davor Markota, Branko Markota, Iva Markota, Stipe Markota, Tomislav Markota, Jerko Markota

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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