Surname Šore in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Šore live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (115), Mirca on the Island of Brac (10), Trogir (<10), Kastel Gomilica (<10), and in Seget Donji in Trogir area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šore (including: Sore , Shore , Schore , Sorre , Soree , Sohre , Soore , Soreh , Shoreh and Shoree ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. "Shore " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Canada , and some 2000 people in Great Britain. "Schore " is used by some 400 people in the United States. "Sohre " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 100 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Šore, Blanka Šore, Boris Šore, Vinko Šore, Boška Šore, Željko Šore, Gordana Šore, Mira Šore, Silvana Šore, Sandra Šore, Nada Šore, Petar Šore, Ante Šore, Vladimir Šore, Nino Šore, Suzana Šore, Josip Šore, Nevena Šore, Mirjana Šore

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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