Surname Šoko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šoko families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area) and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šoko live in Croatia today, in three households only.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zagreb (<5) and Razanj in Trogir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoko (including: Soko , Shoko , Sokho , Sokko , Socko , Schocko , Sooko , Sokoh , Schoko and Shocko ) is present in 122 countries worldwide. "Socko " is used by some 600 people in Niger , about 600 in Poland , and some 100 people in the United States. "Schocko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sooko " is used by small number of people in South Africa and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Šoko, Izabela Šoko, Boris Šoko, Goran Šoko, Kata Šoko, Vladimir Šoko, Ivica Šoko, Rudolf Šoko, Sarafina Šoko, Mirko Šoko, Robert Šoko, Tamara Šoko, Miroslav Šoko, Laura Šoko, Klara Šoko, Nenad Šoko, Safet Šoko, Renata Šoko, Stjepan Šoko, Sanja Šoko, Marko Šoko, Leonarda Šoko, Gabriel Šoko, Valentino Šoko

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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