Surname Šoda in modern Croatia

Šoda families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Split. In Bristivica in Trogir area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šoda.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Šoda live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Trogir (45), Bristivica in Trogir area (40), Zagreb (25), Split (20), and in Sibenik (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoda (including: Soda , Shoda , Sodha , Sodah , Sooda , Sodda , Sohda , Sodaa , Szoda and Schoda ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. "Shoda " is used by some 20000 people in Japan , about 1000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Belarus. "Schoda " is used by few people in the United States. "Shioda " is used by some 10000 people in Japan , about 90 in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Šoda, Ada Šoda, Joško Šoda, Lucija Šoda, Mladenka Šoda, Anita Šoda, Dane Šoda, Petar Šoda, Igor Šoda, Viktor Šoda, Ivica Šoda, Marko Šoda, Ineska Šoda, Lada Šoda, Ines Šoda, Jakov Šoda, Ante Šoda, Silvio Šoda, Stana Šoda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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