Šimunec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. According to some sources they are from Varazdin area (Kneginec Gornji). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.
Prevalence
About 610 people with faimily name Šimunec live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 63 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Tugonica in Zlatar area (50), Sesvete (30), and in Marija Bistrica (20) and Hum Bistricki (20) in Zlatar area.
Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (3). Family name Šimunec (including: Simunec , Shimunec ) is present in five countries on two continents. "Shimunec " is used by few people in the United States.
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.
