Škrijelj Surname
Approximately 2,468 people bear this surname
Škrijelj Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from an Albanian tribe with the name Shkrel or Shkreli. This tribe mostly inhabited northern Albanian areas like Southeastern Montenegro, southwestern Montenegro (today's sanjak). The Albanian inhabitants had to slavish their surname to be allowed to stay there.
Read More About This SurnameŠkrijelj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 1,084 | 1:590 | 96 |
| Serbia | 1,081 | 1:6,610 | 791 |
| Kosovo | 108 | 1:17,240 | 2,157 |
| Slovenia | 88 | 1:28,269 | 5,866 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73 | 1:48,444 | 6,146 |
| Croatia | 23 | 1:183,852 | 22,841 |
| North Macedonia | 9 | 1:233,497 | 14,572 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
The alternate forms: Skrijelj (726) are calculated separately.
Škrijelj Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from an Albanian tribe with the name Shkrel or Shkreli. This tribe mostly inhabited northern Albanian areas like Southeastern Montenegro, southwestern Montenegro (today's sanjak). The Albanian inhabitants had to slavish their surname to be allowed to stay there.
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Where Does The Last Name Škrijelj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Škrijelj is most common in Montenegro. It can also be found as: Skrijelj. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Škrijelj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 173,974th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,952,814 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Škrijelj live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
Škrijelj is most frequently held in Montenegro, where it is held by 1,084 people, or 1 in 590. In Montenegro it is most prevalent in: Rožaje Municipality, where 61 percent live, Podgorica Capital City, where 21 percent live and Bar Municipality, where 10 percent live. Outside of Montenegro it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 44 percent live and Kosovo, where 4 percent live.
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