Surname Novotny in modern Croatia

Novotny families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Novotny live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Slavonski Brod (20), Popovaca in Kutina area (10), Turcin in Varazdin area (<10), and in Banjol on the Island of Rab (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Novotny (including: Nowotny , Nowottny and Novotnyy ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Novotny " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Czech Republic , and some 800 people in Slovakia. "Nowottny " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in Great Britain , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Novotny, Vladimir Novotny, Goran Novotny, Zoran Novotny, Darko Novotny, Mladen Novotny, Berislav Novotny, Dragica Novotny, Franjo Novotny, Jasmina Novotny, Berislava Novotny, Stjepan Novotny, Biserka Novotny, Dijana Novotny, Josip Novotny, Bara Novotny, Ivan Novotny, Božena Novotny, Tomislav Novotny

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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