Surname Škobalj in modern Croatia

Škobalj families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In Duće in Omis area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Škobalj.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Škobalj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Omis (25), Duce in Omis area (15), Zagreb (<10), Split (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škobalj is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Ante Škobalj, Marcela Škobalj, Marko Škobalj, Stanko Škobalj, Ljubica Škobalj, Mate Škobalj, Zdravko Škobalj, Ivan Škobalj, Nada Škobalj, Nevenka Škobalj, Irma Škobalj, Željka Škobalj, Danijela Škobalj, Terezija Škobalj, Gordana Škobalj, Mario Škobalj, Andro Škobalj, Rajko Škobalj, Živana Škobalj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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