Surname Škovrlj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Škovrlj families are Croats (from Knin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Knin area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Škovrlj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Sibenik (10), Solin (10), Zadar (<10), and in Zapresic (<10).

Outside Croatia

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

Characteristic first names

Vjekoslav Škovrlj, Kristina Škovrlj, Petar Škovrlj, Julija Škovrlj, Ljuba Škovrlj, Ivana Škovrlj, Mile Škovrlj, Marko Škovrlj, Ivan Škovrlj, Damir Škovrlj, Nikša Škovrlj, Anamarija Škovrlj, Josip Škovrlj, Marta Škovrlj, Ante Škovrlj, Mihovil Škovrlj, Mirko Škovrlj, Željana Škovrlj, Željko Škovrlj

Mentions in sources

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

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