In Croatia, Čikada families are generally Croats (from Pula area ), rarely Italians (from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Peresiji in Labin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Čikada.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Čikada live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in two Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Pula (20), Svetvincenat in Labin area (<10), Vodnjan in Pula area (<10), and in Tomisici (<10) and Sveti Petar u Sumi (<5) in Pazin area.
