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Surname Šakota in modern Croatia
Šakota families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area).
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Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Šakota live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Pozega (20), Porec (15), Satnica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (10), and in Djakovo (10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šakota (including: Sakota , Sacota , Shakota and Sachota ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Sakota " is used by some 800 people in Japan , about 200 in Sudan , and some 100 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mirjana Šakota,
Dragan Šakota,
Dalibor Šakota,
Milica Šakota,
Maksim Šakota,
Smiljana Šakota,
Kristina Šakota,
Slavko Šakota,
Luka Šakota,
Nikola Šakota,
Dario Šakota,
Mario Šakota,
Vesna Šakota,
Boris Šakota,
Katarina Šakota,
Damir Šakota,
Natalija Šakota,
Brankica Šakota,
Branimir Šakota
