Surname Šmar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šmar families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šmar live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Banicevec (<10) and Dropcevec (<5) in Sveti Ivan Zelina area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Šmar (including: Smar , Shumar , Smarr , Shomar , Shmar , Sheemar , Schmarr , Shimar , Schmar and Shemar ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Smar " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Saudi Arabia , and some 200 people in Brazil. "Schmar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Smarr " is used by some 1000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Šmar, Matija Šmar, Matilda Šmar, Dragica Šmar, Stjepan Šmar, Nikola Šmar, Jela Šmar, Ivan Šmar, Kata Šmar, Josip Šmar, Štefica Šmar, Marijan Šmar, Ančica Šmar, Božica Šmar, Valentina Šmar, Mihael Šmar, Agata Šmar, Marica Šmar, Marina Šmar

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories