Surname Škornjak in modern Croatia

Škornjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Petrinja.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Škornjak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Strasnik (10), Petrinja (<10), Pula (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škornjak (including: Skornyak , Skornjak and Skorniak ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. "Skorniak " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mira Škornjak, Josip Škornjak, Silvija Škornjak, Marica Škornjak, Elizabeta Škornjak, Tomislav Škornjak, Ivanka Škornjak, Brankica Škornjak, Darko Škornjak, Sanja Škornjak, Anđelka Škornjak, Domagoj Škornjak, Miroslav Škornjak, Ivan Škornjak, Anita Škornjak, Rajko Škornjak, Indira Škornjak, Danijel Škornjak, Karlo Škornjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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