Surname Šimanović in modern Croatia

Šimanović families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sisak. In Kostel Pribićki in Jastrebarsko area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šimanović.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Šimanović live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Jastrebarsko (25), Sela (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Šimanović (including: Simanovich , Shimanovich , Simanovics , Simanovic , Simanovici , Simanowicz , Simanowitsch , Simanovicz , Shimanovic and Schimanovich ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Simanovicz " is used by few people in the United States. "Symanovich " is used by some 100 people in Belarus , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Janko Šimanović, Blaženka Šimanović, Sevlija Šimanović, Dubravko Šimanović, Krunoslav Šimanović, Đurđica Šimanović, Vedran Šimanović, Mario Šimanović, Jasna Šimanović, Zlatko Šimanović, Joso Šimanović, Gordana Šimanović, Ivica Šimanović, Snježana Šimanović, Branimir Šimanović, Željko Šimanović, Mira Šimanović, Višnjica Šimanović, Stjepan Šimanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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