Surname Sošić in modern Croatia

Sošić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Rovinj area , rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Rovinj area. In places Sošići and Bubani in Rovinj area every second inhabitant had the family name Sošić.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Sošić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Rovinj (135), in Sosici (25), Brajkovici (15) and Bubani (15) in Rovinj area, and in Pula (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Argentina (2), Sweden (2), France (2), Germany (1), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Sošić (including: Sosic , Sosich , Sossich , Soshnick , Soshich , Sosick , Soshic and Sossic ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Sosic " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Switzerland. "Soshnick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Doris Sošić, Lido Sošić, Aldo Sošić, Milena Sošić, Miro Sošić, Greys Sošić, Daniel Sošić, Munevera Sošić, Sanjin Sošić, Emil Sošić, Veljko Sošić, Mladen Sošić, Ksenija Sošić, Đordano Sošić, Roberto Sošić, Edna Sošić, Franciska Sošić, Alessandro Sošić, Ivan Sošić

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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