Surname Sokol in modern Croatia

Sokol families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. According to some sources they are from historic region of Poljicka Republic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Žigrovec in Varazdin area every second inhabitant had the family name Sokol.

Prevalence

About 740 people with faimily name Sokol live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 70 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Sveti Ilija in Varazdin area (70), Brela in Makarska area (40), Split (35), and in Kastel Sucurac (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (3), Austria (2), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Sokol (including: Socol , Sokoll , Szokol , Sockol , Sookool , Shokol , Sokohl , Szokoll and Sokool ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. The family name "Sokol " is used by some 20000 people in Ukraine , about 20000 in Russian Federation , and some 20000 people in the United States. "Sockol " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Sokoll " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Cambodia.

Characteristic first names

Smiljko Sokol, Ante Sokol, Hrvoje Sokol, Vesna Sokol, Kruno Sokol, Borislav Sokol, Slavko Sokol, Sanda Sokol, Dijana Sokol, Ivan Sokol, Boris Sokol, Dragutin Sokol, Gordana Sokol, Marko Sokol, Vladimir Sokol, Vlado Sokol, Jadranka Sokol, Tonći Sokol, Vasilije Sokol

Mentions in sources

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

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