Surname Rotim in modern Croatia

Rotim families are Croats and they are mostly from Rama (north Herzegovina). According to some sources they are from Rotimalj near Stolac (east Herzegovina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area). In Šerovina in Rama (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Rotim.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Rotim live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Ilok (25), Djakovo (15), and in Jaksic (15) and Rajsavac (15) in Pozega area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Rotim (including: Rotheim , Rodtim ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Rotim " is used by some 80 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Rodtim " is used by few people in the United States. "Rotheim " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Norway.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Rotim, Franko Rotim, Mario Rotim, Stipo Rotim, Marinko Rotim, Ivan Rotim, Goran Rotim, Dubravka Rotim, Zoran Rotim, Tatjana Rotim, Ivica Rotim, Silvija Rotim, Dane Rotim, Kažimir Rotim, Ljiljana Rotim, Zdravko Rotim, Mirna Rotim, Tina Rotim, Gordana Rotim

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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