Surname Smoljanec in modern Croatia

Smoljanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Krizevci. In Doljanec in Krizevci every sixth inhabitant had the family name Smoljanec.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Smoljanec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Mozdjenec (25), Novi Marof (15), Zagreb (<10), Miholjacki Porec (<10), and in Prikraj Krizevacki (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Smoljanec is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Smoljanec, Mladen Smoljanec, Katarina Smoljanec, Dragomir Smoljanec, Dalibor Smoljanec, Neven Smoljanec, Ivan Smoljanec, Snježana Smoljanec, Josip Smoljanec, Željko Smoljanec, Silvija Smoljanec, Tamara Smoljanec, Rozalija Smoljanec, Nedeljko Smoljanec, Dragutin Smoljanec, Višnjica Smoljanec, Velimir Smoljanec, Miljenko Smoljanec, Andreja Smoljanec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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