Surname Škacan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Škacan families are Croats (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Jastrebarsko. In Slapnica in Samobor every sixth inhabitant had the family name Škacan.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Škacan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Jastrebarsko (10), Zagreb (<10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<10), Grdanjci (<10), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škacan (including: Skacan , Schatzan ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Skacan " is used by small number of people in Slovakia and small number in the United States. "Schatzan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Škacan, Ervin Škacan, Tomislav Škacan, Mirko Škacan, Mirjana Škacan, Goran Škacan, Luka Škacan, Ivan Škacan, Vladimir Škacan, Igor Škacan, Danijel Škacan, Petar Škacan, Marijana Škacan, Marijan Škacan, Robert Škacan, Snježana Škacan, Davor Škacan, Franjo Škacan, Anica Škacan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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