Surname Skrinjar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Skrinjar families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zadar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Skrinjar live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Permani (<5) and Lovran (<5) in Opatija area, Split (<5), Brtonigla in Buje area (<5), and in Vrboska on the Island of Hvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Skrinjar (including: Scrignar , Skrinyar ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Skrinjar " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edo Skrinjar, Ljerka Skrinjar, Slaven Skrinjar, Vesna Skrinjar, Lino Skrinjar, Eva Skrinjar, Giorgio Skrinjar, Romano Skrinjar, Vedran Skrinjar, Filip Skrinjar, Ankica Skrinjar, Anton Skrinjar, Antonio Skrinjar, Luciano Skrinjar, Tatjana Skrinjar, Tereza Skrinjar

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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