Surname Šimrak in modern Croatia

Šimrak families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Šimraki in Samobor nearly every inhabitant had the family name Šimrak.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šimrak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Jastrebarsko (<10), Bregana (<10), Vid (<10), and in Opuzen (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Šimrak (including: Simrak , Shimrak and Shimrack ) is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Simrak " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Shimrak " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Shimrack " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Šimrak, Blaženka Šimrak, Lidija Šimrak, Krešimir Šimrak, Janko Šimrak, Miljenko Šimrak, Daniel Šimrak, Marijan Šimrak, Ivanka Šimrak, Davor Šimrak, Sandra Šimrak, Vasil Šimrak, Nikola Šimrak, Brankica Šimrak, Željko Šimrak, Irena Šimrak, Dragana Šimrak, Ante Šimrak, Petar Šimrak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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