In Croatia, Skrinjar families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zadar.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Skrinjar live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only five naselja i to in Permani (<5) and Lovran (<5) in Opatija area, Split (<5), Brtonigla in Buje area (<5), and in Vrboska on the Island of Hvar (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Skrinjar (including: Scrignar , Skrinyar ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Skrinjar " is used by some 70 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.