Rimac families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Prolozac Donji near Imotski. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Vinkovci. In places Čelebić , Lištani and Strupnić in Western Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Rimac.
Prevalence
About 1000 people with faimily name Rimac live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Sesvete (125), Vinkovci (100), Osijek (70), and in Nustar in Vinkovci area (40).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.