Surname Škrlac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Škrlac families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Jastrebarsko area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Škrlac live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Karlovac (25), in Hrzenik (15) and Lasinja (<10) in Jastrebarsko area, Skaljevica (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škrlac (including: Skrlac , Scharlach and Skerlac ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Skrlac " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Scharlach " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Škrlac, Dragutin Škrlac, Darko Škrlac, Jasna Škrlac, Sanja Škrlac, Stjepan Škrlac, Bernardica Škrlac, Mato Škrlac, Božica Škrlac, Berislav Škrlac, Ivan Škrlac, Matija Škrlac, Ivica Škrlac, Marija Škrlac, Ljiljana Škrlac, Stevo Škrlac, Mirna Škrlac, Ankica Škrlac, Juraj Škrlac

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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