Surname Škrinjar in modern Croatia

Škrinjar families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Duričići in Buzet every second inhabitant had the family name Škrinjar.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Škrinjar live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 73 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (20), Sesvete (15), Koprivnica (15), and in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Canada (4), Argentina (3), Sweden (2), Germany (1), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Škrinjar (including: Skrinjar , Scrignar and Skrinyar ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Skrinjar " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kruno Škrinjar, Irena Škrinjar, Blažica Škrinjar, Krešimir Škrinjar, Ivan Škrinjar, Branko Škrinjar, Josip Škrinjar, Vladimir Škrinjar, Ljubomir Škrinjar, Vjekoslav Škrinjar, Đurđa Škrinjar, Valdi Škrinjar, Zlatko Škrinjar, Željko Škrinjar, Dario Škrinjar, Maja Škrinjar, Sandra Škrinjar, Zoran Škrinjar, Antun Škrinjar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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