Surname Šmida in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šmida families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šmida live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Brcevec (15), Zagreb (<10), Celine (<5), Vrbovec (<5), and in Djelekovec in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šmida (including: Smida , Schmida , Schmaida , Shamida , Smyda , Szmida , Shmida , Schmeida , Hsmida and Shomida ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. "Schmida " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Shamida " is used by few people in Tanzania and few people in the United States. "Shomida " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dejan Šmida, Marica Šmida, Damir Šmida, Branislav Šmida, Ružica Šmida, Ivančica Šmida, Zlatko Šmida, Mladen Šmida, Milenko Šmida, Miljenko Šmida, Mateo Šmida, Renata Šmida, Stjepan Šmida, Marija Šmida, Dragutin Šmida, Ivan Šmida, Jelena Šmida, Franjo Šmida, Ana Šmida

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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