Surname Šoš in modern Croatia

Šoš families are often Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area , less frequently Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Šoš live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Osijek (25), Bjelovar (20), Virje in Djurdjevac area (20), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Šoš (including: Sos , Soos , Sossa , Ssos , Shosh , Soss , Sosh , Sohs , Szos and Schosch ) is present in 138 countries worldwide. "Shosh " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Schosch " is used by few people in the United States. "Soss " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 100 in Benin , and some 80 people in Egypt.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Šoš, Dario Šoš, Ivan Šoš, Mirko Šoš, Vesna Šoš, Maja Šoš, Petar Šoš, Ibolja Šoš, Tatjana Šoš, Danijel Šoš, Rajka Šoš, Marica Šoš, Nikolina Šoš, Krunoslav Šoš, Željko Šoš, Anica Šoš, Eduard Šoš, Tanja Šoš, Robert Šoš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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