Surname Šojić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šojić families are generally Croats (from Middle Bosnia ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šojić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Trnjani in Slavonski Brod area (<10), Vodice (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Suknovci in Knin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šojić (including: Sojic , Sajic , Soyich , Sajich , Shoyich and Soyic ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. "Sajic " is used by small number of people in Guatemala , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Šojić, Dubravko Šojić, Zdravko Šojić, Marinko Šojić, Ivan Šojić, Obrad Šojić, Željko Šojić, Mirela Šojić, Sanja Šojić, Zoran Šojić, Marija Šojić, Josica Šojić, Rajko Šojić, Slavko Šojić, Slavka Šojić, Tanja Šojić, Ines Šojić, Petar Šojić, Milorad Šojić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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