Surname Šćira in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šćira families are almost entirely Croats (from Labin ), very rarely Italians (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šćira live in Croatia today, in 13 households.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Labin (10), and in Barbici (<10) and Rasa (<10) in Labin area, and in Zminj (<5) and Laginji (<5) in Pazin area.

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Šćira (including: Schira , Scira , Schapira , Schiera , Schirra , Sciera , Schekira and Scheira ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Scira " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Schira " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in France. "Sciera " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Poland , and small number of people in Denmark.

Characteristic first names

Dragan Šćira, Aleksej Šćira, Jelica Šćira, Marko Šćira, Tedi Šćira, Samanta Šćira, Edi Šćira, Raul Šćira, Ingrid Šćira, Patrik Šćira, Zora Šćira, Đino Šćira, Sandra Šćira, Josip Šćira, Marija Šćira, Aldo Šćira, Armando Šćira, Slavica Šćira, Tanja Šćira

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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