Surname Šmit in modern Croatia

Šmit families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. According to some sources they are from Osijek ,where they immigrated from Bavaria, barely Hungarians, and Germans. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb. In Maretić in Novi Marof area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šmit.

Prevalence

About 580 people with faimily name Šmit live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 810 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 48 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Osijek (90), Kutina (20), Pag on the Island of Pag (20), and in Vukovar (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (2), France (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Šmit (including: Smith , Smit , Schmidt , Shmidt , Schmit , Smidt , Shmit , Schmith , Schmidth and Shmith ) is present in 220 countries worldwide. "Schmit " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 3000 in France , and some 2000 people in Germany. "Smith " is used by some 6000000 people in the United States , about 500000 in South Africa , and some 400000 people in Canada. "Schmith " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Edvin Šmit, Mario Šmit, Krunoslav Šmit, Aleksandra Šmit, Suzana Šmit, Leon Šmit, Maja Šmit, Daniela Šmit, Goran Šmit, Berislav Šmit, Miljenko Šmit, Sanja Šmit, Zdenko Šmit, Mato Šmit, Stjepan Šmit, Tomislav Šmit, Ivan Šmit, Emil Šmit, Vilim Šmit

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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