Surname Šimatović in modern Croatia

Šimatović families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Tolić in Obrovac area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šimatović.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Šimatović live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Otocac (45), Musaluk (25), Cacinci in Orahovica area (20), and in Sesvete (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Germany (3), Argentina (1), Austria (1), France (1), Canada (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Šimatović is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Simatovic " is used by some 100 people in Thailand , about 70 in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šimatović, Tomislav Šimatović, Dragutin Šimatović, Dubravka Šimatović, Božena Šimatović, Stjepan Šimatović, Ivica Šimatović, Marija Šimatović, Maja Šimatović, Gordana Šimatović, Mislav Šimatović, Sonja Šimatović, Danijel Šimatović, Damir Šimatović, Angelika Šimatović, Darko Šimatović, Robert Šimatović, Emilija Šimatović, Dragica Šimatović

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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