Surname Smola in modern Croatia

Smola families are mainly Czechs and they are mostly from Daruvar , whereas often Croats (from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Smola live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Daruvar (30), Kutinska Slatina (15), Kutina (10), Pakrac (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smola (including: Smolla , Szmola , Czmola and Smolha ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Smola " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 1000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Ukraine. "Smolla " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Smolha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Smola, Franjo Smola, Đurđica Smola, Jaroslav Smola, Ružica Smola, Vlasta Smola, Dario Smola, Alen Smola, Romana Smola, Dalibor Smola, Marinko Smola, Valentina Smola, Ljubica Smola, Oliver Smola, Biljana Smola, Stevo Smola, Ivana Smola, Mihaela Smola, Željko Smola

Mentions in sources

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

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