Surname Šop in modern Croatia

Šop families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic area and in Gospic.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Šop live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Rijeka (40), Donji Kosinj in Gospic area (40), Zagreb (25), Gospic (<10), and in Otocac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šop (including: Sop , Schopp , Sopp , Shoop , Schop , Shopp , Shop , Soop , Soph and Szop ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. "Shop " is used by some 10000 people in Indonesia , about 1000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Russian Federation. "Schop " is used by some 600 people in the Netherlands , about 70 in the United States , and some 50 people in Canada. "Schopp " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 200 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Alojzija Šop, Boris Šop, Silvio Šop, Milan Šop, Ankica Šop, Zvonko Šop, Daliborka Šop, Davor Šop, Dane Šop, Josip Šop, Matija Šop, Zlatko Šop, Stjepan Šop, Marija Šop, Nikola Šop, Milivoj Šop, Dragan Šop, Ivan Šop, Jasmina Šop

Mentions in sources

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.

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