Surname Skočilić in modern Croatia

Skočilić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Skočilić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (20), Zagreb (15), Rijeka (10), Crikvenica (<10), and in Vrata in Kraljevica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), France (2), and to Uruguay (2).
Family name Skočilić is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Želimir Skočilić, Zdenka Skočilić, Domagoj Skočilić, Marija Skočilić, Hrvoj Skočilić, Robert Skočilić, Dražen Skočilić, Anka Skočilić, Željka Skočilić, Sandra Skočilić, Igor Skočilić, Goran Skočilić, Petar Skočilić, Gordana Skočilić, Ariana Skočilić, Vlatko Skočilić, Tijana Skočilić, Marijana Skočilić, Matej Skočilić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1678 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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