Surname Smajić in modern Croatia

Smajić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Osijek area , often Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Bosanian Posavina (Gradacac area). In Grajani in Middle Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Smajić.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Smajić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Split (70), Rijeka (30), Slavonski Brod (25), and in Osijek (20).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Sweden (4), Germany (2), Switzerland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Smajić (including: Smajic , Smayich and Smajick ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Smajic " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Austria. "Smajick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Smajić, Selma Smajić, Božana Smajić, Damir Smajić, Sifet Smajić, Mladen Smajić, Zijad Smajić, Antun Smajić, Fadil Smajić, Adnan Smajić, Vesna Smajić, Zdenko Smajić, Zoran Smajić, Petar Smajić, Muharem Smajić, Hatidža Smajić, Vahid Smajić, Mersudin Smajić, Alem Smajić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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