Surname Šota in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šota families are predominantly Croats (from Djakovo area ), rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šota live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Vinkovci (15), Vukovar (<10), Bapska (<10), Djakovo (<10), and in Cajkovci in Djakovo area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šota (including: Sota , Shiota , Sothea , Sotta , Shota , Szota , Sotha , Shpota , Soota and Shotha ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. "Sothea " is used by some 20000 people in Cambodia , about 300 in Viet Nam , and small number of people in the United States. "Sootha " is used by few people in the United States. "Shotta " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Trinidad and Tobago.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Šota, Ružica Šota, Slavica Šota, Filip Šota, Ivan Šota, Stanislav Šota, Mirko Šota, Mihelina Šota, Marijana Šota, Mario Šota, Danijel Šota, Sanja Šota, Zoltan Šota, Marija Šota, Dalibor Šota, Silvija Šota, Damir Šota, Josip Šota, Snežana Šota

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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