In Croatia, Socolich families are Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Socolich live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Marcelji in Rijeka area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Socolich is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Socolich " is used by some 100 people in Peru , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Soccolich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Venezuela.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.