Surname Šket in modern Croatia

Šket families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci. According to some sources they are from Slovenia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Šket live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Karlovac (15), Zagreb (15), Krizevci (<10), Popovaca in Kutina area (<10), and in Orehovica in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šket (including: Sket , Skeet , Shoket , Skett , Shaket , Shket , Shokhet , Shuket , Shyket and Sketh ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. The family name "Sket " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States. "Sketh " is used by few people in the United States. "Skeet " is used by some 400 people in Great Britain , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Tanzania.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Šket, Darko Šket, Branko Šket, Damir Šket, Dino Šket, Zdenka Šket, Marija Šket, Goran Šket, Sanja Šket, Marijo Šket, Ivana Šket, Ana Šket, Dalibor Šket, Verica Šket, Petra Šket, Franjo Šket, Marica Šket, Kristijan Šket, Tina Šket

Mentions in sources

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

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