Gotovina Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Gotovina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gotovina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia601:70,47712,599
Bosnia and Herzegovina281:126,3009,326
Serbia111:649,54122,440
North Macedonia51:420,29419,032
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Gotovina Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gotovina Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gotovina has its highest incidence in Croatia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gotovina? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,701,480th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Gotovina are found; 95 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Gotovina is most numerous in Croatia, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 70,477. In Croatia Gotovina is most prevalent in: Zadar County, where 68 percent are found, Istria County, where 25 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Croatia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 24 percent are found and Serbia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gotovin932/
Otovina931/
Ostovina881/
Gotavinas823/
Gustovina821/
Otavina80157/
Ostovin801/
Gatavina7510/
Otowaina751/
Ostavina751/
Otavin71176/
Gustavina7118/
Gatowinas7112/
Atavina67362/
Otavyna6710/
Gatavin674/
Otavine673/
Ostavin672/
Otavino671/
Otobena671/
Otovene671/
Otavien671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gotovina
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis