In Croatia, Čikoš families are generally Croats (from Zlatar area ), rarely Hungarians (from Backa, Vojvodina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Čikoš live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are only located in four Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Bilje in Osijek area (<5), Osijek (<5), Pula (<5), and in Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.