In Croatia, Žmikić families are Croats (from Herceg Novi, Montenegro ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Žmikić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Zadar (15), Zagreb (10), Novi Vinodolski (<5), and in Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5).