Zmijarević families are Croats and they are mostly from Ploce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ploce and Metkovic.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Zmijarević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Ploce (55), Zagreb (<10), Podaca in Ploce area (<10), Plina Jezero (<10), and in Vrgorac (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Zmijarević is present in four 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.