Surname Roth in modern Croatia

Roth families are Croats and they are mostly from Osijek. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Cvetnić Brdo in Glina area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Roth.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Roth live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Osijek (10), Varazdin (<10), Komletinci in Vinkovci area (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Roth (including: Rooth , Rotch , Rotth , Rotchen , Rotchy , Rotche , Rotchi , Rodth and Rotcha ) is present in 131 countries worldwide. The family name "Roth " is used by some 200000 people in the United States , about 200000 in Germany , and some 40000 people in Cambodia. "Rotch " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Thailand , and small number of people in Kenya. "Rodth " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sandor Roth, Andrej Roth, Erwin Roth, Anton Roth, Valentin Roth, Domagoj Roth, Igor Roth, Maja Roth, Blaženka Roth, Jasenka Roth, Gordana Roth, Adalbert Roth, Irena Roth, Ankica Roth, Spomenka Roth, Tomislav Roth, Mislav Roth, Mladen Roth, Ivan Roth

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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