Surname Škevin in modern Croatia

Škevin families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Murter. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Murter and in Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Škevin live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Betina on the Island of Murter (35), Zagreb (25), Rijeka (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škevin (including: Skevin , Schurdevin and Schevin ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Skevin " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schurdevin " is used by some 90 people in France and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petra Škevin, Višnja Škevin, Ivana Škevin, Dubravka Škevin, Jakov Škevin, Saša Škevin, Zoran Škevin, Vladimir Škevin, Živko Škevin, Ivo Škevin, Ivan Škevin, Davor Škevin, Sanela Škevin, Dragan Škevin, Barbara Škevin, Anita Škevin, Tomislav Škevin, Igor Škevin, Ante Škevin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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