Surname Soča in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Soča families are Croats (from Sibenik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Soča live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Bilice in Sibenik area (<5), Stubalj in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Soča (including: Socha , Soca , Socia , Socka , Sochina , Sochia , Sochna , Sochka , Sozza and Socca ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. "Socha " is used by some 20000 people in Poland , about 4000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Colombia. "Socia " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 300 in the Philippines , and some 300 people in Brazil. "Socca " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Soča, Darije Soča, Emanuel Soča, Jelica Soča, Mirko Soča, Vlatko Soča, Matije Soča, Roberto Soča, Vlatka Soča

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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