Surname Žiković in modern Croatia

Žiković families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Porec area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Porec area. In places Rapavel and Žikovići in Porec area every second inhabitant had the family name Žiković.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Žiković live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Rapavel in Porec area (60), Rijeka (45), Porec (35), Visnjan in Porec area (35), and in Pula (35).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Sweden (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Žiković (including: Zikovic , Zikovich , Zicovich , Zykovich , Zhikhovich , Zhikovich and Zickovich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. "Zikovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zickovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zicovich " is used by some 100 people in Argentina and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lino Žiković, Marino Žiković, Milan Žiković, Nevenka Žiković, Mladen Žiković, Milva Žiković, Željka Žiković, Klaudia Žiković, Anton Žiković, Tihomir Žiković, Margita Žiković, Mirijana Žiković, Miro Žiković, Doris Žiković, Ružica Žiković, Ljubica Žiković, Roja Žiković, Anika Žiković, Tea Žiković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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