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Surname Šimanić in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šimanić families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ), barely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In Tomašići in Ogulin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šimanić.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Šimanić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Punat on the Island of Krk (<10), Zagreb (<10), Krk on the Island of Krk (<10), and in Tomasici in Ogulin area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (1), the United States (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Šimanić (including: Simanic , Simanich and Simanitsch ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. The family name "Simanic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Marijan Šimanić,
Marin Šimanić,
Ivica Šimanić,
Danijela Šimanić,
Milbert Šimanić,
Katica Šimanić,
Tanja Šimanić,
Branimir Šimanić,
Ljubica Šimanić,
Helena Šimanić,
Jerko Šimanić,
Domagoj Šimanić,
Anton Šimanić,
Nenad Šimanić,
Ivan Šimanić,
Željko Šimanić,
Josip Šimanić,
Keti Šimanić,
Ante Šimanić