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Surname Šimunija in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šimunija families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Virovitica.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Šimunija live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Otrovanec (25), Velika Cresnjevica (10) and Pitomaca (<10) in Djurdjevac area, Koprivnica (<10), and in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šimunija is present in two countries on two continents.
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Characteristic first names
Darko Šimunija,
Vladimir Šimunija,
Ivan Šimunija,
Svetlana Šimunija,
Kristijan Šimunija,
Andrija Šimunija,
Zdravko Šimunija,
Željko Šimunija,
Martina Šimunija,
Mira Šimunija,
Jadranka Šimunija,
Tomislav Šimunija,
Marijan Šimunija,
Ružica Šimunija,
Luka Šimunija,
Marija Šimunija,
Slavko Šimunija,
Katarina Šimunija,
Terezija Šimunija