# Socha (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/socha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,972 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,739 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 103,885 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (3,002 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech Socha and Polish Socha.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Socha in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Socha in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Socha

- Lauren Socha, British actress
- Michael Socha, British actor
- David Socha, American soccer referee (1938–2025)

## Similar surnames

Schau, Sosa, Soza, Schack, Souza, Skaggs, Shook, Sousa, Suggs, Sisk, Sage, Sisco.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.