Surname Šikić in modern Croatia

Šikić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pag area. According to some sources s Murtera. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Korlat in Benkovac every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šikić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Šikić live in Croatia today, in 560 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 65 cities and 98 other places, mostly in Zagreb (340), Rijeka (125), Murter on the Island of Murter (100), Zadar (60), and in Korlat (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 29 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (14), Canada (5), Australia (5), the United States (2), Austria (2), and to France (1).
Family name Šikić (including: Sikic , Sikici , Sikich , Sicic , Sickich , Shickich , Sichich , Shikichi , Sicich and Shikich ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Sikic " is used by some 200 people in France , about 200 in Canada , and some 100 people in the United States. "Sikich " is used by some 500 people in the United States and about 60 in Canada. "Sickich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Šikić, Ferdinand Šikić, Hrvoje Šikić, Mile Šikić, Neven Šikić, Zvonimir Šikić, Božidar Šikić, Nada Šikić, Jakov Šikić, Nino Šikić, Tomislav Šikić, Ivan Šikić, Krešimir Šikić, Sandra Šikić, Marijan Šikić, Tony Šikić, Miljenko Šikić, Dalibor Šikić, Igor Šikić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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