Surname Smukavić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Smukavić families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Smukavić live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Karlovac (10), Mahicno (<5), Jugovac in Ozalj area (<5), and in Sibenik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smukavić (including: Smukavic , Smukavich ) is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Miro Smukavić, Marijan Smukavić, Zdravko Smukavić, Draženko Smukavić, Marica Smukavić, Jadranka Smukavić, Josip Smukavić, Nikolina Smukavić, Mara Smukavić, Ivan Smukavić, Dragica Smukavić, Nikola Smukavić, Stjepan Smukavić, Josipa Smukavić, Biserka Smukavić, Željko Smukavić, Mirela Smukavić, Sanja Smukavić, Anamarija Smukavić

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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