Surname Šimec in modern Croatia

Šimec families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Varazdin area. In Srebrnjak in Samobor area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šimec.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Šimec live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Ljubescica in Varazdin area (20), Samobor (<10), Zabok (<10), and in Mala Gorica in Samobor area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šimec (including: Simec , Schimetz , Shimetz , Simetz and Shimec ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Simec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shimec " is used by few people in the United States. "Schimetz " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Šimec, Branko Šimec, Gordana Šimec, Miroslav Šimec, Darko Šimec, Kristijan Šimec, Marija Šimec, Zdravko Šimec, Vlado Šimec, Ljubica Šimec, Nedjeljko Šimec, Stjepan Šimec, Renata Šimec, Josip Šimec, Dubravko Šimec, Zdenko Šimec, Ratimir Šimec, Vladimir Šimec, Marina Šimec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1678 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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