In Croatia, Škerjanec families are Croats (from Rijeka area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Djurdjevac.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Škerjanec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Rijeka (15), and in Mavrinci (<10) and Marcelji (<5) in Rijeka area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Škerjanec is present in 8 countries on two continents. The family name "Skerjanec " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Switzerland , and small number of people in Czech Republic.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.