Surname Škarić in modern Croatia

Škarić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Split.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Škarić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Lopar on the Island of Rab (60), Postira on the Island of Brac (40), Cista Velika (35), and in Split (25).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Chile (2), Australia (2), the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Škarić (including: Skarich , Skaric , Scharich , Schwarick , Scharick , Schularick , Scarich and Skarics ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Skaric " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Skarich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Scarich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Škarić, Vinko Škarić, Ivančica Škarić, Goran Škarić, Rajko Škarić, Ivica Škarić, Irena Škarić, Nikola Škarić, Andrija Škarić, Branislava Škarić, Marijan Škarić, Mirena Škarić, Srđan Škarić, Neda Škarić, Ljubomir Škarić, Tina Škarić, Olga Škarić, Snežana Škarić, Vladimir Škarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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