In Croatia, Sopčić families are Croats (from Ozalj area ), barely Bosniaks (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Karlovac. In Lipnik in Ozalj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Sopčić.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Sopčić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 9 other places, mostly in Lipnik in Ozalj area (10), Karlovac (<10), Zaluka Lipnicka in Ozalj area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Pravutina in Ozalj area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.