Surname Sokić in modern Croatia

Sokić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and in Nova Gradiska area.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Sokić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 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 13 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Cernik in Nova Gradiska area (110), Nova Gradiska (30), Zagreb (15), Varazdin (<10), and in Krcevina in Nasice area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sokić (including: Socas , Sokich , Sokic , Socash , Socic , Sochicha and Sockich ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. "Sokich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sockich " is used by few people in the United States. "Socash " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Sokić, Mario Sokić, Jelka Sokić, Krunoslav Sokić, Sead Sokić, Katarina Sokić, Julijana Sokić, Marijan Sokić, Jasmina Sokić, Zdravko Sokić, Alojz Sokić, Darko Sokić, Vinko Sokić, Vjekoslav Sokić, Kosta Sokić, Milijana Sokić, Martina Sokić, Ernest Sokić, Stjepan Sokić

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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