Surname Sorić in modern Croatia

Sorić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. According to some sources they are from Lika (near Gospic) or from Perusic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 940 people with faimily name Sorić live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Zagreb (215), Bibinje in Zadar area (160), Zadar (120), Preko on the Island of Ugljan (85), and in Trogir (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Switzerland (3), Australia (2), Germany (2), Mexico (1), Argentina (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Sorić (including: Soric , Sorich , Sorici , Sorrick , Sorycz , Sorick , Sorric , Sorichi , Shorich and Soritsch ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Sorich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Ukraine , and some 200 people in Bolivia. "Sorick " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Sorric " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Sorić, Igor Sorić, Eugene Sorić, Ante Sorić, Luka Sorić, Nikša Sorić, Vedran Sorić, Mato Sorić, Maroje Sorić, Tatijana Sorić, Tomislav Sorić, Nikola Sorić, Lidija Sorić, Vjekoslav Sorić, Tanja Sorić, Marica Sorić, Ivo Sorić, Jasna Sorić, Zorislav Sorić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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