Surname Šimon in modern Croatia

Šimon families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Osijek , less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb. In Podunavlje in Osijek area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šimon.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Šimon live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (10), Beli Manastir (10), Kastel Kambelovac (10), and in Cacinci in Orahovica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šimon (including: Simon , Shimon , Siemon , Simhon , Simmon , Schimon , Siimon , Simonn , Szimon and Simoon ) is present in 186 countries worldwide. The family name "Simon " is used by some 400000 people in Tanzania , about 300000 in the United States , and some 300000 people in France. "Shimon " is used by some 2000 people in Bangladesh , about 2000 in Israel , and some 900 people in the United States. "Schimon " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Peru.

Characteristic first names

Jožef Šimon, Tibor Šimon, Ištvan Šimon, Dragan Šimon, Željko Šimon, Joško Šimon, Miško Šimon, Pavao Šimon, Mirjana Šimon, Ojdana Šimon, Mišel Šimon, Marina Šimon, Aleksandar Šimon, Martina Šimon, Zorislav Šimon, Vesna Šimon, Eugen Šimon, Šandor Šimon, Ljubica Šimon

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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