Šimurina families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Obrovac.
Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Šimurina live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zadar (75), Zagreb (70), Posedarje in Zadar area (45), Porec (15), and in Zemunik Gornji in Zadar area (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.