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Surname Šokota in modern Croatia
Šokota families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Pasman. In Ždrelac on the Island of Pasman every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šokota.
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Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Šokota live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Zadar (65), Zdrelac on the Island of Pasman (25), Rijeka (20), Zagreb (10), and in Split (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Šokota (including: Sokota , Shokota and Socota ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Sokota " is used by some 200 people in Tanzania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Kenya.
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Characteristic first names
Đurđica Šokota,
Alenka Šokota,
Vladimir Šokota,
Emil Šokota,
Živko Šokota,
Ivo Šokota,
Boris Šokota,
Tomislav Šokota,
Darinka Šokota,
Josip Šokota,
Ivana Šokota,
Klaudio Šokota,
Stanislav Šokota,
Klaudia Šokota,
Maja Šokota,
Vlatko Šokota,
Natko Šokota,
Ana Šokota,
Igor Šokota
