Surname Škoda in modern Croatia

Škoda families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and on the Island of Pag.

Prevalence

About 570 people with faimily name Škoda live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Povljana on the Island of Pag (95), Kotoriba in Prelog area (80), Gorica on the Island of Pag (35), Rijeka (30), and in Zagreb (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Germany (2), France (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), the United States (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Škoda (including: Shkoda , Skoda , Szkoda , Skodda , Scoda , Schkoda , Schigoda , Shcoda and Schroda ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Skoda " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 400 people in Czech Republic. "Schkoda " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France. "Szkoda " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ante Škoda, Marijan Škoda, Miroslav Škoda, Zvonimir Škoda, Branko Škoda, Marko Škoda, Vanja Škoda, Bruno Škoda, Ivan Škoda, Mladen Škoda, Dane Škoda, Tihomir Škoda, Dinko Škoda, Tomislav Škoda, Lidija Škoda, Slobodan Škoda, Goran Škoda, Branka Škoda, Mate Škoda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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