Surname Smoljanac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Smoljanac families are predominantly Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and in Cazma area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Smoljanac live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Bijelo Brdo in Vinkovci area (15), Pricac in Pleternica area (<10), Nova Gradiska (<10), Vrbje in Nova Gradiska area (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smoljanac is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Branislav Smoljanac, Anka Smoljanac, Vinko Smoljanac, Dragan Smoljanac, Nedeljka Smoljanac, Miroslav Smoljanac, Zoran Smoljanac, Danica Smoljanac, Drago Smoljanac, Slavica Smoljanac, Ivan Smoljanac, Petar Smoljanac, Snežana Smoljanac, Gordana Smoljanac, Slavko Smoljanac, Dragutin Smoljanac, Marinka Smoljanac, Radmila Smoljanac, Vlado Smoljanac

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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