Surname Šobota in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šobota families are predominantly Croats (from Ivanec area ), rarely Serbs, and very rarely Hungarians (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šobota live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), Split (<10), Slovinci in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), and in Lekenik in Petrinja area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šobota (including: Sobota , Sobotta , Szobota , Shobota and Sobotha ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Sobota " is used by some 7000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Germany. "Sobotta " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 60 people in Brazil. "Szobota " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Šobota, Daniel Šobota, Ivana Šobota, Goran Šobota, Dijana Šobota, Zoran Šobota, Ines Šobota, Etel Šobota, Ankica Šobota, Branka Šobota, Irma Šobota, Dragica Šobota, Pavle Šobota, Janja Šobota, Mladen Šobota, Nadica Šobota, Dušan Šobota, Magda Šobota, Terezija Šobota

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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