Surname Šimičević in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Šimičević live in Croatia today, in 160 households.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zadar (100), Zagreb (40), Rijeka (35), Obrovac (30), and in Jasenice in Benkovac area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the Netherlands (3), the United States (3), and to Germany (1).
Family name Šimičević is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Simicevic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 80 in Australia , and small number of people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Vanja Šimičević, Marina Šimičević, Ivan Šimičević, Mile Šimičević, Wanda Šimičević, Tomislav Šimičević, Nada Šimičević, Vlasta Šimičević, Sanja Šimičević, Marin Šimičević, Rade Šimičević, Vesna Šimičević, Danko Šimičević, Pavao Šimičević, Vedran Šimičević, Josip Šimičević, Joso Šimičević, Blanka Šimičević, Luiza Šimičević

Mentions in sources

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

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