Surname Šimić in modern Croatia

Šimić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Italy, and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Zagreb. In Rapače in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Šimić.

Prevalence

About 6200 people with faimily name Šimić live in Croatia today, in 2500 households. There were 3000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 112 cities and 476 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1145), Split (350), Osijek (265), Sesvete (230), and in Djakovo (165).

Outside Croatia

At least 77 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (46), Switzerland (10), Australia (8), Austria (4), the United States (4), Canada (3), South Africa (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Šimić (including: Simic , Simich , Shimic , Simick , Shimich , Simmich , Schimick , Shimick , Shimmick and Simics ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. The family name "Simic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 500 people in Myanmar. "Simich " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 200 in Peru , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Shimic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Šimić, Neven Šimić, Pere Šimić, Ante Šimić, Ognjen Šimić, Daniel Šimić, Ružica Šimić, Miljenko Šimić, Ranka Šimić, Ana Šimić, Hrvoje Šimić, Vesna Šimić, Ivan Šimić, Mate Šimić, Krešimir Šimić, Lucija Šimić, Nataša Šimić, Leo Šimić, Marin Šimić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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