Surname Šonje in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šonje families are Croats (from the Island of Pag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šonje live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Novalja on the Island of Pag (25), Zagreb (20), Rijeka (10), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šonje (including: Sonje , Sonie , Sonye , Sogne , Shonie , Szonye , Shonje and Sonjee ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. "Sonye " is used by some 700 people in Kenya , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Burkina Faso. "Shonie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Szonye " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Velimir Šonje, Dragomir Šonje, Juraj Šonje, Milka Šonje, Josip Šonje, Iva Šonje, Ante Šonje, Denis Šonje, Tamara Šonje, Danijela Šonje, Laura Šonje, Jure Šonje, Ivica Šonje, Veljko Šonje, Alen Šonje, Anton Šonje, Antonija Šonje, Branko Šonje, Branka Šonje

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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