Smontara families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Smontara live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (10), Varazdin (10), and in Veliki Bukovec (<10) and Mali Bukovec (<10) in Ludbreg area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Smontara is present in two countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.