Surname Zorotović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zorotović families are Croats (from the Island of Vis ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Vis. In Oključna on the Island of Vis every seventh inhabitant had the family name Zorotović.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Zorotović live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and another small place , mostly in Vis on the Island of Vis (15), Zagreb (<10), Split (<10), Komiza on the Island of Vis (<10), and in Kastel Novi (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Chile (1), the United States (1), and to Bolivia (1).
Family name Zorotović (including: Zorotovic , Zorotovich ) is present in five countries on four continents. "Zorotovich " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tamara Zorotović, Neno Zorotović, Tihana Zorotović, Nikša Zorotović, Antica Zorotović, Robert Zorotović, Andro Zorotović, Helena Zorotović, Cilija Zorotović, Josip Zorotović, Gordana Zorotović, Lea Zorotović, Petar Zorotović, Antun Zorotović, Marica Zorotović, Tonko Zorotović, Lučana Zorotović, Perina Zorotović, Ante Zorotović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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