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Surname Smes in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Smes families are Croats (from Djurdjevac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb. In Kegljevac in Bjelovar area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Smes.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Smes live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (10), Zagreb (<10), Kegljevac in Bjelovar area (<5), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Smes (including: Smeers , Smees ) is present in 11 countries on four continents.
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Characteristic first names
Miško Smes,
Lidija Smes,
Biljana Smes,
Nevenka Smes,
Dražen Smes,
Renato Smes,
Franjo Smes,
Ivan Smes,
Marija Smes,
Josip Smes,
Zvjezdana Smes,
Mijo Smes,
Anica Smes,
Ana Smes,
Dragica Smes,
Mirko Smes,
Anđelka Smes,
Anka Smes,
Damir Smes