Surname Škiljan in modern Croatia

Škiljan families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Cerje Samoborsko in Samobor every sixth inhabitant had the family name Škiljan.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Škiljan live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Rude (35), Samobor (35), Crikvenica (30), Zagreb (15), and in Cerje (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (5), Germany (4), the United States (2), Uruguay (1), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Škiljan (including: Skiljan , Scillian , Skillian , Shakilyan and Schilian ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Skiljan " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Skillian " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Scillian " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravko Škiljan, Nikola Škiljan, Filip Škiljan, Jurica Škiljan, Marija Škiljan, Ivanka Škiljan, Robert Škiljan, Zdenko Škiljan, Ivana Škiljan, Dinko Škiljan, Krešimir Škiljan, Vlado Škiljan, Davor Škiljan, Goran Škiljan, Tatjana Škiljan, Irena Škiljan, Jasna Škiljan, Marijan Škiljan, Mladen Škiljan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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