Surname Šimatić in modern Croatia

Šimatić families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Jastrebarsko area.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Šimatić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Krasic in Jastrebarsko area (30), Zagreb (15), Slatina (15), Osijek (<10), and in Slunjski Moravci (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Germany (1).
Family name Šimatić is present in 8 countries worldwide. The family name "Simatic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in France , and some 90 people in Viet Nam.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Šimatić, Darko Šimatić, Zvijezdana Šimatić, Slavo Šimatić, Dražen Šimatić, Tanja Šimatić, Mato Šimatić, Sanja Šimatić, Marin Šimatić, Sonja Šimatić, Đurđica Šimatić, Gordana Šimatić, Alen Šimatić, Andreas Šimatić, Ivan Šimatić, Pavle Šimatić, Vitibor Šimatić, Andreja Šimatić, Ankica Šimatić

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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