Surname Škeva in modern Croatia

Škeva families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotskoarea (Vinjani Donji). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and Split.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Škeva live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Donji Vinjani (55), Imotski (45), Zagreb (25), Split (<10), and in Solin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škeva (including: Skeva , Shekeeva , Shukeeva , Sceva , Shkeva , Shokeeva , Scheva , Shikeeva , Scheeva and Shkeeva ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Skeva " is used by some 2000 people in Malawi , about 300 in Greece , and small number of people in the United States. "Sceva " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milivoj Škeva, Senko Škeva, Anđelko Škeva, Mladen Škeva, Branislav Škeva, Novica Škeva, Marija Škeva, Ksenija Škeva, Branimir Škeva, Mate Škeva, Nenad Škeva, Ante Škeva, Olgica Škeva, Tomislav Škeva, Danijela Škeva, Luka Škeva, Saša Škeva, Daria Škeva, Marin Škeva

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories