Surname Zimić in modern Croatia

Zimić families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje. In Purtići in Podrinje (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Zimić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Zimić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Varazdin (10), Andrasevec (10), Oroslavje (10), and in Zapresic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zimić (including: Zimic , Zimich , Ziemiec , Zimicz , Zimick , Zimitsch , Zimmick , Zimych and Zimichi ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Zimic " is used by some 800 people in Peru , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Zimitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zimick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimira Zimić, Tomislav Zimić, Lukrica Zimić, Josip Zimić, Silvija Zimić, Milena Zimić, Mirjana Zimić, Senada Zimić, Boris Zimić, Branko Zimić, Božidar Zimić, Zvonko Zimić, Darko Zimić, Stjepan Zimić, Vesna Zimić, Željko Zimić, Dario Zimić, Goran Zimić, Mina Zimić

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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