Surname Smerdelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Smerdelj families are Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Smerdelj live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Karlovac (<10), Zagreb (<10), Split (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smerdelj is present in five countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Smerdelj, Slobodan Smerdelj, Filip Smerdelj, Josip Smerdelj, Željka Smerdelj, Miro Smerdelj, Dubravka Smerdelj, Berislav Smerdelj, Vlasta Smerdelj, Toni Smerdelj, Andro Smerdelj, Barica Smerdelj, Draga Smerdelj, Kata Smerdelj, Ivona Smerdelj, Jelena Smerdelj, Bruna Smerdelj, Ivanka Smerdelj, Ivo Smerdelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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