Surname Šmuk in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šmuk live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (20), Karlovac (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Pakrac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šmuk (including: Smuk , Schmuck , Smuck , Schmueck , Schmuk , Shmuk , Szmuk , Shmuck , Schmuek and Smuek ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. "Schmuek " is used by few people in the United States. "Smuek " is used by few people in the United States. "Schmuck " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Šmuk, Ivana Šmuk, Damir Šmuk, Đurđica Šmuk, Ivan Šmuk, Slavko Šmuk, Aleksandra Šmuk, Iva Šmuk, Hrvoje Šmuk, Josip Šmuk, Krunoslav Šmuk, Mirna Šmuk, Matilda Šmuk, Sanda Šmuk, Ivka Šmuk, Krešimir Šmuk, Zdenka Šmuk, Evica Šmuk, Jelka Šmuk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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