In Croatia, Schoch families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Schoch live in Croatia today, in three households only. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Samobor (<5), and in Krk (<5) and Radici (<5) on the Island of Krk.
Outside Croatia
Family name Schoch is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Schoch " is used by some 8000 people in Germany , about 5000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Switzerland.
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.