Surname Ošo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ošo families are generally Croats (from Buzet area ), rarely Italians (also from Buzet area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Ošo live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Sveti Ivan in Buzet area (10), Buzet (<10), Sveti Ivan (<5), and in Labin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ošo (including: Oso , Osho , Osso , Ossio , Oshio , Ossco , Oshlo , Oscho , Osoh and Osoo ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. "Osho " is used by some 1000 people in Benin , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Sierra Leone. "Oscho " is used by few people in the United States. "Osso " is used by some 1000 people in Argentina , about 1000 in Syria , and some 600 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasmina Ošo, Sandi Ošo, Valter Ošo, Bojan Ošo, Sandra Ošo, Ermano Ošo, Milan Ošo, Ivan Ošo, Zdenka Ošo, Danjela Ošo, Ksenija Ošo, Antun Ošo, Marija Ošo, Ana Ošo, Nela Ošo, Ida Ošo, Karla Ošo, Antonio Ošo, Petra Ošo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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