In Croatia, Smud families are Croats (from Krapina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krapina area.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Smud live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Klokovec in Krapina area (<10), Preko on the Island of Ugljan (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Oratje in Krapina area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Smud is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Smud " is used by some 200 people in Argentina and small number in the United States.
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.
