Surname Šmitran in modern Croatia

Šmitran families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Bosnian Posavina ) and Serbs and according to some sources from Smitran on Kozara mountain. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šmitran live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Zagreb (15), Cakovec (10), Split (<10), and in Pribislavec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šmitran (including: Smitran , Smitheran and Smithran ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Smitran " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number in the United States. "Smithran " is used by few people in the United States. "Smitheran " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ilija Šmitran, Milorad Šmitran, Željko Šmitran, Drago Šmitran, Mirjana Šmitran, Zlatko Šmitran, Stijepan Šmitran, Mile Šmitran, Mirko Šmitran, Ruža Šmitran, Andrea Šmitran, Lidija Šmitran, Branko Šmitran, Katija Šmitran, Senka Šmitran, Dušan Šmitran, Vedran Šmitran, Milutin Šmitran, Marko Šmitran

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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