Surname Šoić in modern Croatia

Šoić families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Konšćica in Samobor every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šoić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Šoić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Samobor (80), Zagreb (45), Konscica (35), Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (20), and in Daruvar (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Šoić (including: Soic , Soich , Scholich , Shoichi , Soichi , Schopick , Schoick , Soick , Shoich and Soichy ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Soic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Soich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Argentina , and some 60 people in Ukraine. "Soichy " is used by few people in Micronesia and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miran Šoić, Vesna Šoić, Boris Šoić, Krešimir Šoić, Damir Šoić, Josip Šoić, Božidar Šoić, Tomislav Šoić, Željko Šoić, Blaženka Šoić, Dušan Šoić, Edo Šoić, Snježana Šoić, Siniša Šoić, Antun Šoić, Nives Šoić, Alojz Šoić, Petra Šoić, Marica Šoić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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