Surname Soko in modern Croatia

Soko families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Trebinje area) and in Dubrovnik. In places Rupni Do , Trnčina and Velja Međa in East Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Soko.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Soko live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (50), Nova Mokosica (15), Mokosica (10), Zagreb (10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Soko (including: Shoko , Shokoh , Sokho , Sokko , Sochko , Socko , Sokoh , Szoko and Sockho ) is present in 124 countries worldwide. "Socko " is used by some 600 people in Niger , about 600 in Poland , and some 100 people in the United States. "Sokoh " is used by some 60 people in Zambia , small number in Ghana , and small number of people in the United States. "Szoko " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Soko, Meri Soko, Neven Soko, Božo Soko, Ivan Soko, Zdenka Soko, Nikola Soko, Marko Soko, Viki Soko, Vide Soko, Josip Soko, Marija Soko, Nedjeljko Soko, Danica Soko, Jadranka Soko, Tonka Soko, Zdravka Soko, Marina Soko, Ante Soko

Mentions in sources

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

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