Surname Šimag in modern Croatia

Šimag families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and Zagreb. In Tisanić Jarek in Zabok every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šimag.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Šimag live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Tisanic Jarek (50), Zagreb (35), Repovec (10), Lug Zabocki (<10), and in Mirkovec in Zabok area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šimag is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Simag " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Šimag, Andrija Šimag, Zlatko Šimag, Josip Šimag, Đurđica Šimag, Dragan Šimag, Branko Šimag, Monika Šimag, Snježana Šimag, Tomislav Šimag, Slavica Šimag, Valent Šimag, August Šimag, Želimir Šimag, Mario Šimag, Dario Šimag, Senka Šimag, Gordana Šimag, Valerija Šimag

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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