Surname Šoć in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šoć families are predominantly Croats (from Osijek ), rarely Montenegrins (from Split ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Split.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šoć live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoć (including: Soc , Soch , Socha , Sock , Shoch , Szoc , Soci , Shoc , Sooc and Schoc ) is present in 117 countries worldwide. "Soch " is used by some 2000 people in Guatemala , about 2000 in Cambodia , and some 400 people in the United States. "Shoc " is used by few people in the United States. "Shoch " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Damir Šoć, Julijana Šoć, Dejan Šoć, Ratko Šoć, Draško Šoć, Bojana Šoć, Marina Šoć, Vladimir Šoć, Nataša Šoć, Sofče Šoć, Zdenka Šoć, Nikola Šoć, Jarmila Šoć, Dean Šoć, Dario Šoć, Tara Šoć, Jelena Šoć, Radovan Šoć, Darinka Šoć

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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