Surname Smerić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Smerić families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Dugo Selo area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Smerić live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Dvorisce in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Pirakovec (<5), Stakorovec in Dugo Selo area (<5), and in Negovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smerić (including: Smeric , Smerick and Smerichko ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Smerick " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Smerić, Marijo Smerić, Marijan Smerić, Mladen Smerić, Marijana Smerić, Ivan Smerić, Ivančica Smerić, Pavica Smerić, Eva Smerić, Ana Smerić, Mirko Smerić, Stjepan Smerić, Ivka Smerić, Zlata Smerić, Zlatica Smerić, Đuro Smerić, Ljubica Smerić, Martina Smerić, Maja Smerić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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