Smetiško families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In Petrova Gora in Zlatar area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Smetiško.
Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Smetiško live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Petrova Gora in Zlatar area (60), Varazdin (45), Frkuljevec Mihovljanski in Krapina area (20), and in Jarmina in Vinkovci area (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Smetiško is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.