Surname Škof in modern Croatia

Škof families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar. According to some sources they are from Slovenia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar and Zagreb. In Gornja Batina in Zlatar every fourth inhabitant had the family name Škof.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Škof live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Gornja Batina (45), Zlatar (15), Velika Gorica (15), and in Turkovcina in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škof (including: Skof , Skoff , Schof , Scoff , Schukoff , Shikoff , Shakoff , Shukoff , Shykoff and Shekoff ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. The family name "Skof " is used by some 100 people in Austria , about 90 in Canada , and some 70 people in the United States. "Skoff " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 300 in Austria , and some 90 people in Russian Federation. "Shikoff " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Škof, Zdravko Škof, Zvonko Škof, Romano Škof, Mirjana Škof, Brigita Škof, Danijela Škof, Renata Škof, Ivana Škof, Krešimir Škof, Ivan Škof, Sanja Škof, Karmen Škof, Mario Škof, Snježana Škof, Davor Škof, Anamari Škof, Martin Škof, Željko Škof

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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