Surname Šolc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šolc families are generally Croats (from Virovitica ), barely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Virovitica. In Nova Ljeskovica in Pleternica area every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Šolc.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šolc live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (20), Virovitica (15), Daruvar (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šolc (including: Scholz , Scholtz , Solc , Szolc , Scholch , Solz , Solcz , Solch , Scholcz and Scholc ) is present in 90 countries worldwide. The family name "Solc " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Scholz " is used by some 100000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Brazil. "Scholtz " is used by some 30000 people in South Africa , about 2000 in Namibia , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Šolc, Vilim Šolc, Oto Šolc, Miljenko Šolc, Ljiljana Šolc, Tomislav Šolc, Estera Šolc, Marjan Šolc, Željka Šolc, Jasna Šolc, Tanja Šolc, Željko Šolc, František Šolc, Silvija Šolc, Mario Šolc, Dragutin Šolc, Branko Šolc, Đurđica Šolc, Marijan Šolc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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