Šokec families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Djurdjevac area. In Batinske in Djurdjevac area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šokec.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Šokec live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (65), Zagreb (30), in Podravske Sesvete (25) and Kalinovac (25) in Djurdjevac area, and in Budrovac (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Šokec (including: Sokec , Socec ) is present in 7 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.