Surname Škripelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Škripelj families are generally Croats (from Oroslavje area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Cazma area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Škripelj live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<5), Karlovac (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Gornja Bistra in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škripelj (including: Skripelj , Skripeli ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Skripeli " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božidar Škripelj, Jadranka Škripelj, Stjepan Škripelj, Mladen Škripelj, Tanja Škripelj, Zorica Škripelj, Damir Škripelj, Vlado Škripelj, Ljiljana Škripelj, Ivan Škripelj, Andrea Škripelj, Svetinka Škripelj, Štefanija Škripelj, Nikola Škripelj, Ivica Škripelj, Gordana Škripelj, Valentina Škripelj, Karolina Škripelj, Mario Škripelj

Mentions in sources

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

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