Surname Škvorc in modern Croatia

Škvorc families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb. In Ravno Brezje in Pregrada area every third inhabitant had the family name Škvorc.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Škvorc live in Croatia today, in 490 households. There were 840 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 129 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Cakovec (105), Belica in Cakovec area (60), Koprivnica (40), and in Dubovec in Donja Stubica area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), Germany (9), Australia (4), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Škvorc (including: Skvorc , Skwortz , Skworch , Skworc and Skvorcz ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Skvorc " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Australia. "Skworch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Skwortz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojana Škvorc, Matija Škvorc, Dejan Škvorc, Shpresa Škvorc, Milivoj Škvorc, Nino Škvorc, Marijan Škvorc, Dragutin Škvorc, Boris Škvorc, Nenad Škvorc, Zdravko Škvorc, Goran Škvorc, Martina Škvorc, Marijana Škvorc, Siniša Škvorc, Gordana Škvorc, Željko Škvorc, Vladimir Škvorc, Jože Škvorc

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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