Sokolović

Sokolović (serbian cyrillic: Соколовић, meaning "hawk" or "falcon") is mostly a Serbian and Bosniac surname. It can be found among Serbs in Serbia (particullary in the south and the east parts of the country (Zaječar, Leskovac, Pirot...)), as by Serbs in Croatia (Kordun). In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the surname is mostly common among Bosniacs, but can also be found among Serbs.

Sokolović may refer to one of the following persons:
*Mehmed-paša Sokolović - 16th century Ottoman statesman
*Makarije Sokolović - Serbian Patriarch from 1557 to 1571
*Antonije Sokolović - Serbian Patriarch from 1571 to 1575
*Gerasim Sokolović - Serbian Patriarch from 1575 to 1586
*Savatije Sokolović - Serbian Patriarch 1587
*Ferhat-paša Sokolović - founding father of Banja Luka
*Zijah Sokolović - Bosnian actor and director
*Semka Sokolović-Bertok - Bosnian actress
*Faruk Sokolović - Bosnian director
*Gligor Sokolović - Chetnik military commander
*Zoran Sokolović - former Yugoslav minister
*Milorad Sokolović - former Serbian basketball player
*Džemal Sokolović - director of the Institute for Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia
*Željko Sokolović - Serbian mathematician
*Slobodan Sokolović - professor of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad