In Croatia, Smodek families are almost entirely Croats (from Varazdin area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Smodek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<10), Varazdin (<10), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<10), Novaki in Ivanec area (<10), and in Trnovec in Varazdin area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Smodek is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.
