Surname Čotra in modern Croatia

Čotra families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Benkovac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Čotra 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 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Svojic in Duga Resa area (<10), Crikvenica (<10), Ostrovica in Benkovac area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čotra (including: Cotra , Cotera , Chalotra , Chotra , Chanotra , Chilotra , Chhotra , Chagotra , Chottera and Chlotra ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Cotra " is used by small number of people in Guatemala and small number in the United States. "Chottera " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chagotra " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Čotra, Roman Čotra, Željka Čotra, Veljko Čotra, Zvonimir Čotra, Antun Čotra, Aleksandra Čotra, Boris Čotra, Mladen Čotra, Predrag Čotra, Milovan Čotra, Daniel Čotra, Milan Čotra, Josip Čotra, Ruža Čotra, Marija Čotra, Iva Čotra, Nikola Čotra, Sandra Čotra

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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