Surname Škarpa in modern Croatia

Škarpa families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Split. In Ljubotić in Knin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Škarpa.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Škarpa live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (35), Split (30), Zagreb (25), Solin (15), and in Zadar (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Škarpa (including: Scarpa , Skarpa , Sciarpa and Shkarpa ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Skarpa " is used by some 300 people in Greece , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 90 people in the United States. "Shkarpa " is used by few people in the United States. "Scarpa " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 5000 in Brazil , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijana Škarpa, Drago Škarpa, Antun Škarpa, Anđelko Škarpa, Damir Škarpa, Boris Škarpa, Marija Škarpa, Ico Škarpa, Zdenko Škarpa, Ivan Škarpa, Matej Škarpa, Stanko Škarpa, Luciana Škarpa, Jurica Škarpa, Asja Škarpa, Darko Škarpa, Amela Škarpa, Nena Škarpa, Renata Škarpa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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