Surname Skala in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Skala families are almost entirely Croats (from Virovitica ), very rarely Czechs (from Daruvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Backa, Vojvodina. In Resnik in Pleternica every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Skala.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Skala live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Slavonski Brod (<10), Pula (<5), Daruvar (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skala (including: Scala , Skála , Skalla , Shkalla , Scalla , Schala , Shkala , Skaala and Skalaa ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. The family name "Skala " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 5000 in Czech Republic , and some 2000 people in Germany. "Skalla " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Brazil , and some 200 people in Germany. "Skaala " is used by some 50 people in Norway and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Karolj Skala, Tibor Skala, Zoran Skala, Hana Skala, Darko Skala, Željko Skala, Sandra Skala, Tamara Skala, Igor Skala, Nedeljka Skala, Goran Skala, Nikolina Skala, Slavica Skala, Josip Skala, Spomenka Skala, Alida Skala, Zlatko Skala, Jasna Skala, Maja Skala

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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