Surname Skočić in modern Croatia

Skočić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area , less frequently Serbs, and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Ogulin area. In Nos Kalik in Drnis every fourth inhabitant had the family name Skočić.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Skočić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Vodice (80), Sibenik (60), Lozovac (30), and in Rijeka (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skočić (including: Skocic , Skocich , Skotschir and Scocas ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Skocic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia. "Skocich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Skotschir " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavijo Skočić, Dalibor Skočić, Petar Skočić, Danica Skočić, Zdravko Skočić, Jelena Skočić, Senka Skočić, Vladimir Skočić, Dunja Skočić, Dejan Skočić, Radojka Skočić, Davor Skočić, Mladen Skočić, Nikola Skočić, Sandra Skočić, Željko Skočić, Dijana Skočić, Branko Skočić, Zoran Skočić

Mentions in sources

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

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