Surname Šimonović in modern Croatia

Šimonović families are Croats and they are mostly from Buje area (Vizinade). According to some sources they are from Montenegro. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buje area and in Pula. In Jadruhi in Buje area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Šimonović.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Šimonović live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 15 other places, mostly in Jadruhi in Buje area (25), Rijeka (15), Porec (10), Velika in Pozega area (10), and in Vizinada in Buje area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Šimonović (including: Simonovich , Simonovic , Shimonovich , Simonovici , Symonovich , Simonowicz , Simonowich , Simonowitsch , Simonowic and Simonovics ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Simonovic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada , small number of people in Georgia. "Simonowicz " is used by some 70 people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Simonowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šimonović, Dubravka Šimonović, Jasna Šimonović, Igor Šimonović, Franko Šimonović, Željko Šimonović, Tena Šimonović, Elvis Šimonović, Laura Šimonović, Siniša Šimonović, Aldo Šimonović, Nada Šimonović, Sandro Šimonović, Luciano Šimonović, Vesna Šimonović, Valentina Šimonović, Barbara Šimonović, Zlata Šimonović, Rikardo Šimonović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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