Surname Skokan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Skokan families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Skokan live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Opric (<10), Prekobrdo in Bjelovar area (<5), Marcelji in Rijeka area (<5), Recica (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skokan (including: Szkokan , Schokan ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Skokan " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 700 in the United States , and some 600 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Veronika Skokan, Dalibor Skokan, Vladimir Skokan, Miroslav Skokan, Zlata Skokan, Bosiljka Skokan, Petar Skokan, Mirjana Skokan, Marija Skokan, Zdenka Skokan, Branimir Skokan, Luka Skokan, Cecilija Skokan, Milka Skokan, Ana Skokan, Ivan Skokan, Barbara Skokan, Josipa Skokan, Mirna Skokan

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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