Surname Skoko in modern Croatia

Skoko families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Dalmatia and from Pozega. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area) and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area). In Rasno in Herzegovina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Skoko.

Prevalence

About 550 people with faimily name Skoko live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Split (100), Slavonski Brod (45), Pula (30), and in Slatine (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skoko (including: Scocco , Skochko , Schwocho , Skocko , Schocko , Schroko , Scoco and Schoko ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Skoko " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Skocko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Skochko " is used by some 700 people in Ukraine , about 200 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božo Skoko, Jozo Skoko, Tatjana Skoko, Miroslav Skoko, Željko Skoko, Slaven Skoko, Dragutin Skoko, Hrvoje Skoko, Danilo Skoko, Kristijan Skoko, Tamara Skoko, Tomislav Skoko, Ivan Skoko, Goran Skoko, Mario Skoko, Marino Skoko, Špiro Skoko, Miranda Skoko, Sonja Skoko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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