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Surname Šimunović in modern Croatia
Šimunović families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from west Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In Donji Bešpelj in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šimunović.
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Prevalence
About 3600 people with faimily name Šimunović live in Croatia today, in 1400 households. There were 2100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 94 cities and 344 other places, mostly in Zagreb (590), Split (170), Dubrovnik (140), Rijeka (85), and in Sesvete (80).
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Outside Croatia
At least 47 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), Australia (12), Austria (7), South Africa (5), Switzerland (3), the United States (3), Chile (2), and to Canada (2).
Family name Šimunović (including: Simunovic , Simunovich ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Simunovic " is used by some 2000 people in Chile , about 1000 in Germany , and some 600 people in the United States. "Simunovich " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in New Zealand.
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Characteristic first names
Zdravko Šimunović,
Miljenko Šimunović,
Ante Šimunović,
Tihomir Šimunović,
Domagoj Šimunović,
Mario Šimunović,
Pjer Šimunović,
Nikolina Šimunović,
Zlatko Šimunović,
Nina Šimunović,
Vlatka Šimunović,
Aleksandar Šimunović,
Dalibor Šimunović,
Natalija Šimunović,
Dražen Šimunović,
Ljudevit Šimunović,
Nikola Šimunović,
Rajka Šimunović,
Ivona Šimunović
