Surname Šimičić in modern Croatia

Šimičić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska area and in Novska. In places Višnjica and Uštica in Novska area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šimičić.

Prevalence

About 860 people with faimily name Šimičić live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Visnjica in Novska area (75), Split (70), Novska (50), and in Barbat na Rabu on the Island of Rab (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), the United States (6), Switzerland (2), Austria (2), Sweden (2), and to France (1).
Family name Šimičić (including: Simicic , Simicich and Simichich ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Simicic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 50 in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Simicich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Šimičić, Ljubimko Šimičić, Branko Šimičić, Darko Šimičić, Josip Šimičić, Lucija Šimičić, Velimir Šimičić, Krsto Šimičić, Željko Šimičić, Blaženka Šimičić, Ingrid Šimičić, Sanjin Šimičić, Zvonko Šimičić, Bernarda Šimičić, Đuro Šimičić, Slavko Šimičić, Marija Šimičić, Romano Šimičić, Stjepan Šimičić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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