Surname Skeja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Skeja families are Croats (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Skeja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rakov Potok (15), Lucko (<5), Dubrava in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Pleternica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skeja (including: Scheja , Schmeja , Shkelya , Scheeva , Skeya , Sceia , Scheela and Scheeda ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Skeya " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sceia " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Scheela " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Skeja, Jadranko Skeja, Ivanka Skeja, Marko Skeja, Dubravko Skeja, Marijan Skeja, Dražen Skeja, Petar Skeja, Ivan Skeja, Valentina Skeja, Josip Skeja, Mile Skeja, Vladimir Skeja, Dragutin Skeja, Tomislav Skeja, Zvonimir Skeja, Vesna Skeja, Darko Skeja, Miroslav Skeja

Mentions in sources

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

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