Surname Sočec in modern Croatia

Sočec families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Sočec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (15), Zagreb (15), Djurdjevac (<10), Virje in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sočec (including: Socec , Sochorec ) is present in 8 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Sočec, Bruno Sočec, Damir Sočec, Maja Sočec, Željko Sočec, Snježana Sočec, Vesna Sočec, Slavko Sočec, Višnjica Sočec, Boško Sočec, Spomenka Sočec, Darko Sočec, Petar Sočec, Dražen Sočec, Goran Sočec, Marinko Sočec, Ivica Sočec, Ivančica Sočec, Mirjana Sočec

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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