Surname Šimunov in modern Croatia

Šimunov families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. According to some sources from the Island of Ugljan (Sutomiscica). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Šimunov live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zadar (80), Split (<10), Samobor (<10), Budimci in Nasice area (<10), and in Bilje in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Šimunov (including: Simunov , Shimunov ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Simunov " is used by some 50 people in Russian Federation , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Shimunov " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Uzbekistan , and some 60 people in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Edvin Šimunov, Klaudio Šimunov, Boris Šimunov, Jadranka Šimunov, Anita Šimunov, Renata Šimunov, Predrag Šimunov, Stipe Šimunov, Robert Šimunov, Nenad Šimunov, Danijela Šimunov, Ante Šimunov, Marija Šimunov, Ines Šimunov, Radenko Šimunov, Marko Šimunov, Dominika Šimunov, Ivona Šimunov, Meri Šimunov

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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