Surname Škorić in modern Croatia

Škorić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vrlika , often Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area). In Rošnjače in Western Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Škorić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Škorić live in Croatia today, in 560 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 123 other places, mostly in Zagreb (245), Split (75), Rijeka (55), Osijek (40), and in Slavonski Brod (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Australia (6), the United States (5), the United Kingdom (4), and to France (1).
Family name Škorić (including: Skoric , Skorich , Shkorich , Skorick , Scoric , Skorych , Shkoric and Scorich ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Skoric " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in France. "Skorich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Ukraine , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Skorick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Škorić, Josip Škorić, Nikola Škorić, Vlatka Škorić, Zoran Škorić, Irena Škorić, Vanja Škorić, Radovan Škorić, Stephan Škorić, Dijana Škorić, Gordana Škorić, Marissabell Škorić, Sanja Škorić, Mladen Škorić, Nevenka Škorić, Zvonko Škorić, Nikolina Škorić, Gordan Škorić, Nenad Škorić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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