Surname Škero in modern Croatia

Škero families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Omis area. In Mravnica in Dubrovnik area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Škero.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Škero live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (20), Zezevica in Omis area (15), Podstrana in Solin area (15), Split (<10), and in Komolac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škero (including: Skero , Schero , Schilero , Scero , Schpero , Shekero , Schapero , Schelero , Schiero and Scicero ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Skero " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Zimbabwe. "Scero " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Schero " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 90 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijana Škero, Mili Škero, Ante Škero, Anka Škero, Nives Škero, Ljeposava Škero, Nediljka Škero, Hermina Škero, Anđelka Škero, Julijana Škero, Josip Škero, Jozo Škero, Niko Škero, Nike Škero, Antun Škero, Branka Škero, Marija Škero, Milan Škero, Dejan Škero

Mentions in sources

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

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