Surname Sočev in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sočev families are Croats (from Koprivnica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Sočev live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 9 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (35), Zagreb (10), in Gola (<10) and Gotalovo (<10) in Djurdjevac area, and in Hlebine in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sočev (including: Sochnev , Socev , Sochev , Socheev , Shochev , Sochinev , Sochelev and Sochnyev ) is present in 13 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Sočev, Tomislav Sočev, Ana Sočev, Kateryna Sočev, Damir Sočev, Dubravka Sočev, Josip Sočev, Adela Sočev, Boris Sočev, Darko Sočev, Natalija Sočev, Silvijo Sočev, Ivor Sočev, Miroslav Sočev, Martina Sočev, Kristina Sočev, Ivanka Sočev, Dražen Sočev, Saša Sočev

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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