Surname Smičić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Smičić families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska. In Komarnica in Nova Gradiska area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Smičić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Smičić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Komarnica in Nova Gradiska area (20), Vukovar (<10), Stivica in Nova Gradiska area (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smičić (including: Smicic , Smichnick ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Smichnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Smičić, Zdenka Smičić, Davorin Smičić, Igor Smičić, Stjepan Smičić, Darko Smičić, Emil Smičić, Ljubica Smičić, Tihomir Smičić, Marko Smičić, Sonja Smičić, Nikola Smičić, Josip Smičić, Manda Smičić, Marija Smičić, Jasna Smičić, Jelena Smičić, Marijana Smičić, Alenka Smičić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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