Surname Škurla in modern Croatia

Škurla families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Trebinje area) and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Škurla live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Dubrovnik (15), Kutina (<10), Split (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Škurla (including: Skurla , Shkurla , Scurla and Schurla ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Skurla " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Schurla " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ružica Škurla, Bruno Škurla, Branimir Škurla, Darko Škurla, Hrvoje Škurla, Robert Škurla, Mihael Škurla, Miro Škurla, Tomislav Škurla, Marija Škurla, Snježana Škurla, Luce Škurla, Svetlana Škurla, Vido Škurla, Ana Škurla, Stjepan Škurla, Stijepo Škurla, Rada Škurla, Jure Škurla

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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