Surname Šimun in modern Croatia

Šimun families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Osijek , rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Grabovnica in Cazma every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Šimun.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Šimun live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Cepin in Osijek area (<10), Pregrada (<10), Valpovo (<10), and in Darda in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šimun (including: Simun , Shimun , Shoimun , Shaimun , Simmun , Shlimun and Schimun ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Simun " is used by some 1000 people in Indonesia , about 500 in Slovakia , and some 90 people in the United States. "Shimun " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Schimun " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Šimun, Krešimir Šimun, Brinita Šimun, Ivan Šimun, Tomislav Šimun, Mirjana Šimun, Antonija Šimun, Danijela Šimun, Maja Šimun, Ruža Šimun, Đuro Šimun, Jela Šimun, Marija Šimun, Željko Šimun, Andrija Šimun, Tomica Šimun, Violeta Šimun, Koraljka Šimun, Ljiljana Šimun

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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