Smajo families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area. In Kotlenice in Solin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Smajo.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Smajo live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (45), Kotlenice in Solin area (20), Osijek (15), Solin (<10), and in Djakovo (<10).
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.