Surname Sović in modern Croatia

Sović families are usually Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area). In places Bradići Donji and Maglaj in Middle Bosnia every tenth inhabitant had the family name Sović.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Sović live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 580 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 52 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Sisak (25), Gornja Letina in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (25), Koprivnica (15), and in Varazdin (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Sweden (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Sović (including: Sovich , Sovic , Sovick , Soviche , Sowich , Shovick , Sowicz , Shovich , Sovici and Shovic ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Sovic " is used by some 70 people in Germany , about 60 in Slovakia , and some 50 people in the United States. "Sovich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Ukraine , and small number of people in Kenya. "Sowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Sović, Ivan Sović, Zvonko Sović, Dragica Sović, Lidija Sović, Jelena Sović, Davorin Sović, Biljana Sović, Rozmeri Sović, Sandro Sović, Ljiljana Sović, Miljenko Sović, Žaklina Sović, Zoran Sović, Jozo Sović, Željko Sović, Branimir Sović, Vjekoslav Sović, Stanislav Sović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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