Surname Šćurla in modern Croatia

Šćurla families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šćurla live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Dugi Rat in Omis area (15), Medovdolac in Imotski area (10), Split (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Imotski (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šćurla (including: Scurla , Schurla ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Schurla " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mateo Šćurla, Davor Šćurla, Ivan Šćurla, Danijela Šćurla, Marica Šćurla, Elizabet Šćurla, Jelena Šćurla, Željko Šćurla, Jure Šćurla, Tomislav Šćurla, Ante Šćurla, Silva Šćurla, Karmelita Šćurla, Vlatka Šćurla, Pere Šćurla, Darija Šćurla, Ilona Šćurla, Antonio Šćurla, Ivana Šćurla

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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