Surname Šmidt in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šmidt families are generally Croats (from Garesnica area ), very rarely Czechs (from Daruvar ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šmidt live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Palesnik in Garesnica area (10), Sirac in Daruvar area (<10), Pakrac (<10), and in Petrijevci in Valpovo area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šmidt (including: Schmidt , Smidt , Shmidt , Szmidt , Schmiedt , Schmidth , Smiedt , Smidth , Sthmidt and Schmiddt ) is present in 157 countries worldwide. The family name "Smidt " is used by some 4000 people in South Africa , about 3000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Germany. "Schmidt " is used by some 200000 people in the United States , about 200000 in Germany , and some 90000 people in Brazil. "Sthmidt " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Šmidt, Slavko Šmidt, Dragan Šmidt, Milivoj Šmidt, Ljiljana Šmidt, Janoš Šmidt, Stjepan Šmidt, Biserka Šmidt, Julijana Šmidt, Darko Šmidt, Kristijan Šmidt, Damir Šmidt, Vlado Šmidt, Ivana Šmidt, Zoran Šmidt, Maksim Šmidt, Domagoj Šmidt, Dunja Šmidt, Saša Šmidt

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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