Surname Sobočan in modern Croatia

Sobočan families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Sobočan live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Sveti Martin na Muri in Mursko Sredisce area (25), Zagreb (20), Lapsina in Mursko Sredisce area (20), Cakovec (15), and in Mursko Sredisce (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sobočan (including: Sobocan , Sobochan and Szobocsan ) is present in 10 countries on two continents. The family name "Sobocan " is used by some 200 people in Canada , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Sobochan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Szobocsan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Sobočan, Drago Sobočan, Franjo Sobočan, Vladimir Sobočan, Ivan Sobočan, Zlatko Sobočan, Ljubica Sobočan, Ivica Sobočan, Zdenka Sobočan, Nevenka Sobočan, Danijela Sobočan, Josip Sobočan, Suzana Sobočan, Stanislava Sobočan, Marija Sobočan, Nenad Sobočan, Benjamin Sobočan, Biserka Sobočan, Mario Sobočan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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