Surname Skukan in modern Croatia

Skukan families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Zagreb. In Glinsko Vrelo in Slunj every third inhabitant had the family name Skukan.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Skukan live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Karlovac (45), Zagreb (35), Generalski Stol in Ogulin area (20), Bjelovar (10), and in Glinsko Vrelo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skukan (including: Schuchman , Schucan and Schouchan ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Skukan " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Schuchman " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 70 in Brazil , and small number of people in France. "Schouchan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Skukan, Željko Skukan, Branko Skukan, Ingeborg Skukan, Snježana Skukan, Dražen Skukan, Zdenko Skukan, Danko Skukan, Danijel Skukan, Dušanka Skukan, Dragan Skukan, Irena Skukan, Milan Skukan, Mirjana Skukan, Zvonko Skukan, Davor Skukan, Mile Skukan, Borislav Skukan, Draga Skukan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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