Surname Zonta in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zonta families are generally Croats (from Rovinj area ), rarely Italians (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Slovenia. In Žonti in Buzet every third inhabitant had the family name Zonta.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Zonta live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Rovinj (<10), in Marici (<10) and Bale (<10) in Rovinj area, and in Skuljari (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zonta is present in 31 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Zonta, Ivana Zonta, Željko Zonta, Tedi Zonta, Ines Zonta, Mirsada Zonta, Goran Zonta, Vesna Zonta, Ana Zonta, Paola Zonta, Milan Zonta, Marica Zonta, Martina Zonta, Dario Zonta, Željka Zonta, Chiara Zonta, Davor Zonta, Tatijana Zonta, Silvana Zonta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1932 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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