Surname Škoc in modern Croatia

Škoc families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Zagreb. In Vlaškovec in Jastrebarsko every sixth inhabitant had the family name Škoc.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Škoc live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Vlaskovec (20), Samobor (15), Jastrebarsko (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škoc (including: Schoch , Skocz , Skoch , Schwoch , Skoc , Skotz , Schroch , Scioch , Scoch and Szkoc ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Skocz " is used by some 700 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Skoch " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Skotz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Škoc, Mira Škoc, Tihomir Škoc, Zdravko Škoc, Barica Škoc, Željko Škoc, Dragutin Škoc, Ivanka Škoc, Damir Škoc, Juraj Škoc, Robert Škoc, Anita Škoc, Marija Škoc, Stjepan Škoc, Goran Škoc, Mirjana Škoc, Mirko Škoc, Vlatka Škoc, Ivica Škoc

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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