Surname Cigić in modern Croatia

Cigić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area) and in Sibenik. In Dobrkovići in Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Cigić.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Cigić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Sibenik (60), Drnis (25), Knin (20), and in Split (15).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Cigić (including: Cigic , Cigich , Zigic and Chigichi ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Cigic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Cigich " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Zigic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Cigić, Bojana Cigić, Nenad Cigić, Petra Cigić, Dragica Cigić, Danijela Cigić, Mladen Cigić, Davor Cigić, Zdravko Cigić, Snježana Cigić, Tonćo Cigić, Dražen Cigić, Mile Cigić, Gojko Cigić, Grozdan Cigić, Goran Cigić, Branko Cigić, Vinko Cigić, Ksenija Cigić

Mentions in sources

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

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