Surname Škeljo in modern Croatia

Škeljo families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Škeljo live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Split (10), Zadar (<10), Sibenik (<5), and in Kastel Stari (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škeljo (including: Skeljo , Sceglio ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Sceglio " is used by small number of people in Argentina and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Škeljo, Robert Škeljo, Ana Škeljo, Ljiljana Škeljo, Ivana Škeljo, Ružica Škeljo, Nada Škeljo, Zlatko Škeljo, Josip Škeljo, Mladen Škeljo, Anđa Škeljo, Željko Škeljo, Ante Škeljo, Šime Škeljo, Nela Škeljo, Marinko Škeljo, Hrvoje Škeljo, Davor Škeljo, Filip Škeljo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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