Surname Šimunek in modern Croatia

Šimunek families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdinske Toplice. According to some sources they are from Poland. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Šimunek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Drenovec (20), Cepin in Osijek area (15), Prigorec (10), Zukovec in Vrbovec area (10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šimunek (including: Simunek , Schimunek , Schimuneck , Shimunek , Symunek , Simunec and Shimunec ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Simunek " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in France. "Shimunek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schimunek " is used by some 200 people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Šimunek, Zoran Šimunek, Slavko Šimunek, Branko Šimunek, Antun Šimunek, Damir Šimunek, Ivan Šimunek, Božica Šimunek, Dragana Šimunek, Gabrijel Šimunek, Mirjana Šimunek, Mladen Šimunek, Dubravka Šimunek, Darko Šimunek, Sanela Šimunek, Marija Šimunek, Milivoj Šimunek, Boris Šimunek, Slaven Šimunek

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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