Surname Šooš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šooš families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Germans (also from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šooš live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), Viskovci in Djakovo area (<5), Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<5), and in Budinscina in Zlatar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šooš (including: Soos , Schoos , Shoosh , Schroos , Schooss , Schoohs , Sohos , Shoos , Soosh and Shoosha ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Soos " is used by some 20000 people in Hungary , about 4000 in Romania , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Shoosh " is used by some 90 people in Iran , small number in Saudi Arabia , and small number in the United States. "Shoos " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Šooš, Edita Šooš, Barbara Šooš, Stjepan Šooš, Eugen Šooš, Nino Šooš, Antun Šooš, Ružica Šooš, Ivan Šooš, Dragutin Šooš, Ana Šooš, Josip Šooš, Katica Šooš, Danijel Šooš, Danijela Šooš, Frano Šooš, Eduard Šooš, Nada Šooš, Zdenko Šooš

Mentions in sources

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

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