In Croatia, Smesnik families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Djurdjevac. In Kegljevac in Bjelovar area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Smesnik.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Smesnik live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (<10), Novo Virje in Djurdjevac area (<5), Rijeka (<5), Kutina (<5), and in Severovci (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Smesnik is present in this form only in Croatia.