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Surname Šojat in modern Croatia
Šojat families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj. According to some sources they are from Karlobag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj and Zagreb. U Gradu Senju every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Šojat.
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Prevalence
About 420 people with faimily name Šojat live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Senj (65), Senj (40), Bapska (20), and in Rijeka (20).
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Outside Croatia
At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Australia (4), Switzerland (1), Austria (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Šojat (including: Sojat , Shojaat , Sajath , Sajat , Sajjat , Shoyat , Soyat , Soihat , Sojath and Soiat ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Sojat " is used by some 200 people in Sierra Leone , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Poland. "Shoyat " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sojath " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Zdravko Šojat,
Nikolina Šojat,
Zorislav Šojat,
Silvije Šojat,
Krešimir Šojat,
Ankica Šojat,
Marija Šojat,
Mile Šojat,
Ante Šojat,
Antun Šojat,
Višnja Šojat,
Silva Šojat,
Hrvoje Šojat,
Josip Šojat,
Snježana Šojat,
Vesna Šojat,
Marc Šojat,
Ivan Šojat,
Tomislav Šojat
