Skokandić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Dubrovnik. In Žrnovo on the Island of Korcula every eighth inhabitant had the family name Skokandić.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Skokandić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zrnovo (95) and Korcula (45) on the Island of Korcula, Trpanj on the Peljesac peninsula (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), New Zealand (2), and to the United States (1). Family name Skokandić is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Skokandic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.
