Sokolić Surname

468,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 718 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Sokolić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokolić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia6441:6,566970
Bosnia and Herzegovina451:78,5877,714
Slovenia231:108,16011,945
Serbia51:1,428,99029,746
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Sokolic (406) & Sokolič (3) are calculated separately.

Sokolić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sokolić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sokolić is found in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Sokolic or Sokolič. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sokolić.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokolić? popularity and diffusion

Sokolić is the 468,258th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 10,149,785 people. The surname Sokolić is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sokolić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Croatia, where it is held by 644 people, or 1 in 6,566. In Croatia Sokolić is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 19 percent reside, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 18 percent reside and Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Croatia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 6 percent reside and Slovenia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sokolic95406/
Sokolič953/
Sokalić8611/
Sokolich80579/
Sokolitz8018/
Sokolicz8013/
Sokolics801/
Szokolics75108/
Sockolich755/
Sokolaits751/
Sukalić71150/
Sokolec7146/
Socolic7144/
Sokalič717/
Sakalić713/
Sakulić711/
Sokolets67491/
Socolich6788/
Sukolics6723/
Sokoletz675/
Socolici675/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sokolić
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