The Socha surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,972 people carried this name — #10,739 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,002 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Socha surname
From Czech Socha and Polish Socha.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Socha» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
16,546 people named Socha have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 17,961 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 140 people named Socha.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 105 people named Socha live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Socha live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
60 people named Socha is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Socha in American newspapers,
1911–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,803 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Socha,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vácslav Socha 1851–1937 · mayor -
Artur Klemens Socha 1896–1943 · stage actor -
Josef Socha 1877–1915
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Marcin Socha 1892–1956
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František Socha 1893–1977
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Adolf Socha 1894–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Socha.
- Sobczyk 598 · U.S. census
- Sobieraj 285 · U.S. census
- Sobkowiak 358 · U.S. census
- Sobol 1,374 · U.S. census
- Sobolewski 1,593 · U.S. census
- Sobral 188 · U.S. census
- Socias 134 · U.S. census
- Socie 272 · U.S. census
- Sodano 681 · U.S. census
- Soehnlen 170 · U.S. census
- Soenen 148 · U.S. census
- Soens 312 · U.S. census
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