Surname Šok in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šok families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Slunj area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šok live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Bockovec in Krizevci area (20), Dugo Selo (<10), Mikovec in Krizevci area (<10), Krizevci (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šok (including: Sok , Shok , Schock , Sock , Shock , Sook , Schok , Szok , Sokk and Scthock ) is present in 138 countries worldwide. The family name "Sok " is used by some 800000 people in Cambodia , about 9000 in the United States , and some 8000 people in Viet Nam. "Schok " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in the Netherlands , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Schock " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Germany , and some 500 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Šok, Zdenko Šok, Zlatko Šok, Vlado Šok, Verica Šok, Mladen Šok, Maja Šok, Slavko Šok, Zvonimir Šok, Štefica Šok, Ana Šok, Jadranka Šok, Ivan Šok, Stjepan Šok, Vilim Šok, Radoslav Šok, Andrijana Šok, Damir Šok, Vladimir Šok

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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