Surname Skorija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Skorija families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In Mrzljaki in Duga Resa area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Skorija.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Skorija live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Ozalj (<5), Mali Erjavec (<5), Mrzljaki in Duga Resa area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Krasic in Jastrebarsko area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skorija is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Skorija " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Suzana Skorija, Stjepan Skorija, Predrag Skorija, Biserka Skorija, Ružica Skorija, Marijan Skorija, Paulina Skorija, Veronika Skorija, Ivan Skorija, Marija Skorija, Katica Skorija, Branko Skorija, Stevo Skorija, Darko Skorija, Eva Skorija, Mirna Skorija, Ljubica Skorija, Katarina Skorija, Ana Skorija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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