In Croatia, Zimic families are Croats (from Doboj area, BiH ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Zimic live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zadar (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Zimic (including: Zimich , Ziemiec , Zimicz and Zimych ) 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.
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.