Surname Simičić in modern Croatia

Simičić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Pazin. In Rava in Zadar every seventh inhabitant had the family name Simičić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Simičić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zadar (20), Rava (15), Zarecje (15), Pula (<10), and in Liznjan in Pula area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 22 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (11), Belgium (8), Australia (2), and to France (1).
Family name Simičić (including: Simicic , Simicich and Simichich ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Simicic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 50 in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Simicich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Sonja Simičić, Danka Simičić, Sabina Simičić, Klara Simičić, Ante Simičić, Duško Simičić, Vesna Simičić, Davor Simičić, Alen Simičić, Dubravka Simičić, Suzana Simičić, Zdenko Simičić, Velimir Simičić, Silvana Simičić, Edi Simičić, Roland Simičić, Damir Simičić, Hajrudin Simičić, Ivan Simičić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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