Surname Cica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cica families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Skender Vakuf area) and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Cica live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Gornji Bogicevci (20) and Kosovac (<10) in Nova Gradiska area, Sveta Nedelja in Samobor area (<5), Daruvar (<5), and in Darda in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cica (including: Chica , Ziza , Cicha , Ciccia , Cicah , Cizza , Ciezza , Ciccha and Zieza ) is present in 108 countries worldwide. The family name "Cica " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Cizza " is used by some 100 people in Italy and small number in the United States. "Ciezza " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anto Cica, Mato Cica, Ivana Cica, Damir Cica, Slobodan Cica, Željko Cica, Branimir Cica, Pejo Cica, Dragan Cica, Mirjana Cica, Pile Cica, Nikola Cica, Milena Cica, Lidija Cica, Ivo Cica, Zdenko Cica, Mirko Cica, Frano Cica, Nada Cica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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