Surname Žmire in modern Croatia

Žmire families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Žmire live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Karakasica (55), Split (25), Zagreb (<10), Pozega (<10), and in Sinj (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žmire is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Marko Žmire, Josip Žmire, Milica Žmire, Ante Žmire, Boris Žmire, Anđelko Žmire, Maickel Žmire, Eugen Žmire, Slobodan Žmire, Zoran Žmire, Stipe Žmire, Tiho Žmire, Marija Žmire, Brižita Žmire, Davor Žmire, Mira Žmire, Ljubica Žmire, Sanja Žmire, Tonka Žmire

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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