In Croatia, Schmutz families are Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Schmutz live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only four naselja i to in Osijek (<10), Zadar (<5), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), and in Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (<5).
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.