Surname Šiklić in modern Croatia

Šiklić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. According to some sources they are from southwest Bosnia and west Herzegovina, less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Šiklić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Siveric (35), Zagreb (25), Split (20), Drnis (15), and in Sibenik (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Šiklić (including: Siklic , Siklich , Shiklic and Shicklich ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Siklich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shicklich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Šiklić, Marinko Šiklić, Alenka Šiklić, Jurica Šiklić, Tonći Šiklić, Višeslav Šiklić, Robert Šiklić, Anita Šiklić, Matko Šiklić, Viktor Šiklić, Milan Šiklić, Mirela Šiklić, Marija Šiklić, Nikola Šiklić, Jere Šiklić, Marica Šiklić, Branka Šiklić, Danijela Šiklić, Gordana Šiklić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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