Surname Šoba in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šoba families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zadar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šoba live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zadar (<5) and Kampor on the Island of Rab (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoba (including: Soba , Shoba , Sobha , Shobha , Sobah , Shobah , Schoba , Sobba , Sooba and Sohba ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. "Schoba " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in the United States. "Sobha " is used by some 700 people in Mauritius , about 200 in Zimbabwe , and some 200 people in the United States. "Sobba " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Joško Šoba, Mario Šoba, Ružica Šoba, Franjo Šoba, Tomislav Šoba, Iris Šoba, Barica Šoba, Ivan Šoba, Albert Šoba, Branka Šoba, Franc Šoba, Ivica Šoba, Iztok Šoba, Janez Šoba, Jelka Šoba, Jože Šoba, Miha Šoba, Pawel Šoba, Stana Šoba

Mentions in sources

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

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