Surname Šoša in modern Croatia

Šoša families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac. According to some sources they are from Krusevo near Obrovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Obrovac.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Šoša live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zadar (90), Zagreb (55), Preko on the Island of Ugljan (30), Krusevo (20), and in Kastel Kambelovac (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoša (including: Sosa , Shosha , Sossa , Sossah , Sossna , Soosa , Sosha , Soshea , Shosa and Sosah ) is present in 132 countries worldwide. "Shosa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Soshea " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Schosha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božidar Šoša, Tomislav Šoša, Ilija Šoša, Marijana Šoša, Martina Šoša, Marko Šoša, Nina Šoša, Ruzarijo Šoša, Ana Šoša, Ivana Šoša, Željko Šoša, Kata Šoša, Darko Šoša, Ivan Šoša, Krešimir Šoša, Miroslav Šoša, Marijo Šoša, Antonio Šoša, Jadranka Šoša

Mentions in sources

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

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