Surname Smičiklas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Smičiklas families are Croats (from Ozalj area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ozalj area. In Sopote in Ozalj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Smičiklas.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Smičiklas live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Jastrebarsko (15), Sopote in Ozalj area (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smičiklas is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Smiciklas " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Marija Smičiklas, Željko Smičiklas, Sonja Smičiklas, Marijana Smičiklas, Boris Smičiklas, Daniel Smičiklas, Tadija Smičiklas, Zoran Smičiklas, Krešimir Smičiklas, Marino Smičiklas, Karmela Smičiklas, Milena Smičiklas, Dane Smičiklas, Gavro Smičiklas, Đuro Smičiklas, Zdravko Smičiklas, Janko Smičiklas, Petar Smičiklas, Tomo Smičiklas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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