Surname Šimac in modern Croatia

Šimac families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Primorski Dolac in Trogir area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Šimac.

Prevalence

About 700 people with faimily name Šimac live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 580 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 53 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Split (85), Rijeka (60), Sinj (55), and in Sibenik (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Germany (2), Canada (2), Australia (2), the United Kingdom (1), Sweden (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Šimac (including: Simac , Simaz , Simach , Shimaz , Schimatz and Simhaz ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Simac " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 100 people in Moldova. "Schimatz " is used by few people in the United States. "Simaz " is used by some 100 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Petar Šimac, Srđan Šimac, Nikica Šimac, Smiljan Šimac, Vanja Šimac, Renata Šimac, Hrvoje Šimac, Ivan Šimac, Zoran Šimac, Nikola Šimac, Dragana Šimac, Denis Šimac, Ivica Šimac, Goran Šimac, Vladimir Šimac, Krešimir Šimac, Boris Šimac, Kristina Šimac, Željko Šimac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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