Surname Skurla in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Skurla families are Croats (from the Island of Mljet ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Mljet and in Dubrovnik. In Korita on the Island of Mljet every tenth inhabitant had the family name Skurla.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Skurla live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Korita on the Island of Mljet (10), Dubrovnik (<10), Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (<5), Babino Polje on the Island of Mljet (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skurla (including: Scurla , Shkurla and Schurla ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Skurla " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Schurla " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Skurla, Ivona Skurla, Nikola Skurla, Pero Skurla, Petar Skurla, Tonći Skurla, Ana Skurla, Stijepo Skurla, Stjepan Skurla, Mihovil Skurla, Marija Skurla, Zoran Skurla, Miho Skurla, Karla Skurla, Josip Skurla, Ivan Skurla, Jadran Skurla, Željko Skurla, Kata Skurla

Mentions in sources

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.

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