Surname Skorin in modern Croatia

Skorin families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik area and in Sibenik. In Primošten in Sibenik area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Skorin.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Skorin live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and two other places, mostly in Primosten in Sibenik area (50), Zagreb (45), Rijeka (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skorin (including: Shkorin , Schorin , Schegorin and Scorin ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Schorin " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Finland.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Skorin, Željko Skorin, Lado Skorin, Joso Skorin, Ante Skorin, Ivo Skorin, Jere Skorin, Iva Skorin, Ivana Skorin, Anton Skorin, Magdalena Skorin, Gordana Skorin, Zoran Skorin, Mario Skorin, Vice Skorin, Višnja Skorin, Davorka Skorin, Ivica Skorin, Tomislav Skorin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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