Šimunković families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Šimunković live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Zasadbreg in Cakovec area (25), Cakovec (15), Pleskovec in Cakovec area (10), and in Split (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Šimunković is present in 7 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.