Surname Čikeš in modern Croatia

Čikeš families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Čikeš live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Split (205), Zagreb (35), Zezevica in Omis area (30), Rijeka (<10), and in Grabovac in Omis area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čikeš (including: Chikes , Csikesz , Chiches , Cikesh , Cikes , Cheikes , Chickesh and Cices ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Chikes " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Cikesh " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Csikesz " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Čikeš, Marin Čikeš, Lucija Čikeš, Jozo Čikeš, Nada Čikeš, Mate Čikeš, Juraj Čikeš, Ivana Čikeš, Vicko Čikeš, Ivica Čikeš, Dubravka Čikeš, Antonio Čikeš, Srečko Čikeš, Tomislav Čikeš, Tanja Čikeš, Jolanda Čikeš, Maja Čikeš, Pave Čikeš, Silvana Čikeš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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