Štrkalj families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Drnis. In Pokrovnik in Drnis every third inhabitant had the family name Štrkalj.
Prevalence
About 510 people with faimily name Štrkalj live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Sibenik (105), Zagreb (90), Pokrovnik (25), Split (20), and in Suhovare in Zadar area (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Štrkalj is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.