Surname Šorić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šorić families are generally Croats (from Opatija area ), rarely Italians (also from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Crikvenica.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šorić live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and another small place , mostly in Lovran in Opatija area (<10), Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), Opatija (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šorić (including: Soric , Sorich , Sorici , Sorrick , Sorick , Shorich , Sorric , Shkorich , Sorichi and Soritsch ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Sorich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Ukraine , and some 200 people in Bolivia. "Sorick " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Sorric " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Šorić, Kristina Šorić, Ivan Šorić, Nikola Šorić, Lidija Šorić, Sonja Šorić, Tonči Šorić, Paolo Šorić, Anton Šorić, Mladen Šorić, Mario Šorić, Franjo Šorić, Werner Šorić, Ferdinand Šorić, Jolanda Šorić, Marija Šorić, Josipa Šorić, Ana Šorić, Stanka Šorić

Mentions in sources

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

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