Surname Sobota in modern Croatia

Sobota families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area , rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Djurdjevac area. In Gornja Velika in Vrbovec area every third inhabitant had the family name Sobota.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Sobota live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (50), Koprivnica (20), Koncanica in Daruvar area (15), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), the Netherlands (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Sobota (including: Sobotta , Szobota , Sobotha and Shobota ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Sobota " is used by some 7000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Germany. "Sobotta " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 60 people in Brazil. "Szobota " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Velimir Sobota, Ivan Sobota, Bolto Sobota, Berislav Sobota, Mirko Sobota, Manda Sobota, Nenad Sobota, Zdravko Sobota, Vladimir Sobota, Mladen Sobota, Hrvoje Sobota, Danijela Sobota, Darko Sobota, Andreja Sobota, Mirjana Sobota, Marko Sobota, Igor Sobota, Mario Sobota, Bojana Sobota

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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