In Croatia, Smojvir families are Croats (from Pozega ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Pozega area. In Alilovci in Pozega area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Smojvir.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Smojvir live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Pozega (25), Vidovci (<10), Brestovac in Pozega area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Smojvir is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.