Surname Šokac in modern Croatia

Šokac families are Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Šokac live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Slatina (15), Baranjsko Petrovo Selo in Beli Manastir area (10), Rijeka (10), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Switzerland (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Šokac (including: Sokach , Sokhach , Sokacz , Sokac , Schokatz and Shokatz ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Sokacz " is used by some 100 people in Hungary and small number in the United States. "Sokach " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Shokatz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Šokac, Vlado Šokac, Mato Šokac, Jadranka Šokac, Josip Šokac, Lovro Šokac, Mladen Šokac, Stjepan Šokac, Igor Šokac, Mirjana Šokac, Sonja Šokac, Dragana Šokac, Ivan Šokac, Davor Šokac, Martina Šokac, Pavo Šokac, Siniša Šokac, Ivana Šokac, Marin Šokac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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