Surname Škrbina in modern Croatia

Škrbina families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. According to some sources they are from Italy. Škrbine are often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Slavonski Brod area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Škrbina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rastusje in Slavonski Brod area (20), Zagreb (15), Bjelovar (<10), and in Orovac (<10) and Pupelica (<10) in Bjelovar area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Škrbina (including: Scherbina , Skrbina , Scerbina , Shcherbina , Scherbyna , Schirbina , Schurbina , Shkerbina , Schyorbina and Skerbina ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Skrbina " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Venezuela.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Škrbina, Davor Škrbina, Ranka Škrbina, Marina Škrbina, Marko Škrbina, Marija Škrbina, Ljiljana Škrbina, Ivica Škrbina, Vladimir Škrbina, Nikola Škrbina, Goran Škrbina, Željko Škrbina, Tonči Škrbina, Mirana Škrbina, Stjepan Škrbina, Branka Škrbina, Jelena Škrbina, Sanja Škrbina, Đurđica Škrbina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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