Surname Šimenić in modern Croatia

Šimenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Donji Miholjac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donji Miholjac and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Šimenić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Podgajci Podravski (55), Osijek (20), Miholjacki Porec (15), Donji Miholjac (10), and in Visnjevac (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šimenić (including: Simenic , Simenich and Simenych ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Simenic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Denis Šimenić, Dragan Šimenić, Monika Šimenić, Josip Šimenić, Željko Šimenić, Mihael Šimenić, Marko Šimenić, Zorislav Šimenić, Kristijan Šimenić, Lidija Šimenić, Ivan Šimenić, Sebastian Šimenić, Zvonko Šimenić, Mira Šimenić, Sandra Šimenić, Dalibor Šimenić, Danijel Šimenić, Martino Šimenić, Ljiljana Šimenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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