Surname Smiljanić in modern Croatia

Smiljanić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Virovitica. In Krbava in Obrovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Smiljanić.

Prevalence

About 990 people with faimily name Smiljanić live in Croatia today, in 490 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 121 other places, mostly in Zagreb (260), Rijeka (55), Osijek (45), Bjelovar (30), and in Karlovac (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (3), Germany (3), the United States (3), France (2), Canada (2), Sweden (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Smiljanić (including: Smiljanic , Smiljanich , Smilyanich and Smilianic ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Smiljanic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 100 in Afghanistan , and some 100 people in the United States. "Smiljanich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Smiljanić, Aleksandra Smiljanić, Franjo Smiljanić, Sanja Smiljanić, Krunoslav Smiljanić, Mirko Smiljanić, Iva Smiljanić, Daniel Smiljanić, Aniko Smiljanić, Nikola Smiljanić, Vojislav Smiljanić, Dražen Smiljanić, Marko Smiljanić, Zoran Smiljanić, Štefica Smiljanić, Jasminka Smiljanić, Nenad Smiljanić, Petar Smiljanić, Vjekoslav Smiljanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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