Surname Tot in modern Croatia

Totovi predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. According to some sources they are from Germany. Totovi are less frequently Hungarians (Beli Manastir area), and Rusyns (Vukovar). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Tot live in Croatia today, in 590 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 190 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Osijek (70), Ilok (65), Darda in Osijek area (40), and in Djakovo (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tot (including: Toth , Todt , Thot , Tooth , Toot , Totha , Tott , Toht and Thoth ) is present in 123 countries worldwide. "Thoth " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Todt " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 1000 in Brazil , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Toth " is used by some 200000 people in Hungary , about 60000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Dragana Tot, Ivan Tot, Dražen Tot, Zdravko Tot, Josip Tot, Ladislav Tot, Mato Tot, Damir Tot, Sanja Tot, Željko Tot, Franja Tot, Ferenc Tot, Mladen Tot, Davor Tot, Nikola Tot, Petar Tot, Dijana Tot, Đuro Tot, Tanja Tot

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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