Surname Kmet in modern Croatia

Kmet families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Umag , rarely Italians and Slovaks (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Djakovo area. In Legovići in Porec area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kmet.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Kmet live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Slavonski Brod (20), Rubesi (15), Osijek (10), and in Novigrad (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (5), Sweden (2), Germany (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Kmet (including: Chomet , Kmett , Cmethi , Cimet , Cimmet , Kmeth , Chmet , Cmet and Chimet ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Kmet " is used by some 3000 people in Slovakia , about 2000 in Ukraine , and some 600 people in the United States. "Kmett " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Hungary. "Cmet " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Elvis Kmet, Marina Kmet, Bruno Kmet, Aldo Kmet, Tatjana Kmet, Feručo Kmet, Etore Kmet, Biserka Kmet, Jasna Kmet, Biljana Kmet, Sania Kmet, Lorena Kmet, Ilija Kmet, Ivana Kmet, Snježana Kmet, Marino Kmet, Dunja Kmet, Roberto Kmet, Adrijana Kmet

Mentions in sources

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

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