Surname Zima in modern Croatia

Zima families are often Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko , less frequently Czechs (from Grubisno Polje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Grubisno Polje.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Zima live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Veliki Zdenci (20), Rijeka (15), Ilok (<10), and in Pozega (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Zima (including: Zyma , Ziemah , Zíma , Zimah , Ziema , Zimma and Zhima ) is present in 84 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Zima, Predrag Zima, Snježana Zima, Zvonimir Zima, Željko Zima, Zdravko Zima, Dubravka Zima, Lidija Zima, Elza Zima, Vera Zima, Renato Zima, Dražen Zima, Ljerka Zima, Filip Zima, Jasna Zima, Vesna Zima, Višemir Zima, Marija Zima, Jasmina Zima

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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