Surname Tota in modern Croatia

Tota families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Tota live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Draskovec (25), Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (20), Rijeka (10), Zagreb (10), and in Beli Manastir (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tota (including: Thota , Totah , Totta , Totha , Thotha , Toota , Totaa , Tohta and Tootha ) is present in 108 countries worldwide. "Totah " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 500 in Benin , and some 300 people in Jordan. "Totha " is used by few people in the United States. "Thota " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 400 people in Tanzania.

Characteristic first names

Marin Tota, Tomislav Tota, Dragutin Tota, Tihomir Tota, Jurica Tota, Suzana Tota, Denis Tota, Boris Tota, Igor Tota, Magdalena Tota, Mladen Tota, Milica Tota, Josip Tota, Zlata Tota, Ivan Tota, Franjo Tota, Alenka Tota, Dalibor Tota, Ivica Tota

Mentions in sources

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

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