Surname Soša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Soša families are mainly Croats (from Buje ), less frequently Italians (from Umag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Umag and Buje.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Soša live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Vardica (<10), Rijeka (<10), Umag (<5), and in Kukuljanovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Soša (including: Sosa , Sossa , Sossah , Sohsah , Sosha , Sossna , Soosa , Soshea , Shosa and Sosah ) is present in 132 countries worldwide. "Soshea " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Shosa " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Soša, Ana Soša, Marino Soša, Julijan Soša, Gorjana Soša, Livio Soša, Milena Soša, Ivan Soša, Rosanda Soša, Nela Soša, Amelja Soša, Boris Soša, Fabiana Soša, Adriana Soša, Andrea Soša, Amelia Soša, Valeria Soša, Katica Soša, Ante Soša

Mentions in sources

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

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