Surname Balikić in modern Croatia

Balikić families are Croats and they are mostly from Belisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Belisce area and in Nasice. In Čamagajevci in Belisce area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Balikić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Balikić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Osijek (15), Marijanci in Belisce area (10), Valpovo (10), Visnjevac (<10), and in Harkanovci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balikić (including: Balikic , Balicas ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. "Balicas " is used by some 400 people in the Philippines , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anđelko Balikić, Dario Balikić, Điđija Balikić, Kristina Balikić, Danijela Balikić, Silvija Balikić, Josip Balikić, Boris Balikić, Stjepan Balikić, Marina Balikić, Katarina Balikić, Šimo Balikić, Marija Balikić, Ivan Balikić, Zdravko Balikić, Goran Balikić, Tamara Balikić, Nikolina Balikić, Ana Balikić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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