Surname Šimunić in modern Croatia

Šimunić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. According to other sources they are from Bilaj area or from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zadar. In Ponjušina in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Šimunić.

Prevalence

About 2300 people with faimily name Šimunić live in Croatia today, in 960 households. There were 2300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 194 other places, mostly in Zagreb (440), Bibinje in Zadar area (285), Vinkovci (85), Zapresic (80), and in Sesvete (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 37 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), Australia (8), the United States (8), France (4), Switzerland (2), Austria (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Šimunić (including: Simunic , Simunich , Simunitsch , Shimunich and Simunick ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Simunic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Australia. "Simunich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Peru , and small number of people in Italy. "Simunick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Velimir Šimunić, Hrvatko Šimunić, Juraj Šimunić, Nino Šimunić, Martin Šimunić, Želimir Šimunić, Slavko Šimunić, Ankica Šimunić, Ljerka Šimunić, Ivan Šimunić, Ružica Šimunić, Mislav Šimunić, Miroslav Šimunić, Zoran Šimunić, Ljiljana Šimunić, Boris Šimunić, Đuro Šimunić, Branko Šimunić, Mladen Šimunić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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