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Surname Markotić in modern Croatia
Markotić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac. According to some sources they are from the family name originates from Montenegro. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area). In places Kornica and Riječani Donji in Bosanian Posavina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Markotić.
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Prevalence
About 600 people with faimily name Markotić live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Osijek (50), Vrgorac (40), Gundinci in Djakovo area (40), and in Split (40).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Markotić (including: Markotic , Markotich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Markotic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 70 in Canada , and small number of people in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Anto Markotić,
Alemka Markotić,
Stela Markotić,
Anita Markotić,
Gordan Markotić,
Ivica Markotić,
Zvonimir Markotić,
Drago Markotić,
Hrvoje Markotić,
Stanko Markotić,
Ivo Markotić,
Ljubomir Markotić,
Bruno Markotić,
Silvija Markotić,
Josip Markotić,
Vjekoslav Markotić,
Iva Markotić,
Darko Markotić,
Mila Markotić
