Šošić Surname

227,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,784 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Šošić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šošić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina7371:4,798987
Croatia5481:7,7161,257
Serbia4191:17,0521,993
Kosovo621:30,0303,005
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Montenegro51:127,9134,949
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Sošić (553), Šošič (1), Sosić (80), Sosic (395) & Sosič (185) are calculated separately.

Šošić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šošić is found most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may appear as: Sošić, Šošič, Sosić, Sosic or Sosič. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šošić? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 227,391st most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,084,947 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šošić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Šošić is most frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 737 people, or 1 in 4,798. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Šošić is most common in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 95 percent live and Republika Srpska, where 5 percent live. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 31 percent live and Serbia, where 23 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sošić93553/
Šošič931/
Šoši891/
Sosić8780/
Šašić801,029/
Šušić80926/
Šešić80890/
Sosic80395/
Sosič80185/
Šoše67246/
Šoša67148/
Šaši6759/
Šoće671/

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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
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  • 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 Šošić
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