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Surname Sočan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Sočan families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad area.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Sočan live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), in Susnjari (15), Velika Hrastilnica (<10) and Kriz (<5) in Ivanic-Grad area, and in Graberje Ivanicko (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Sočan (including: Sochan , Socan , Sochkan , Sochran , Soochan , Sochikan , Sochán , Sochyan and Sockan ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. "Sochan " is used by some 3000 people in Cambodia , about 1000 in Poland , and some 200 people in the United States. "Sochran " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mirjana Sočan,
Ana Sočan,
Siniša Sočan,
Damir Sočan,
Željko Sočan,
Marina Sočan,
Maja Sočan,
Mladen Sočan,
Milan Sočan,
Stevo Sočan,
Ljiljana Sočan,
Božena Sočan,
Ivica Sočan,
Roza Sočan,
Gordana Sočan,
Mijo Sočan,
Vesna Sočan,
Matija Sočan,
Štefo Sočan