Surname Diklić in modern Croatia

Diklić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Porec area. According to some sources they are from Konavle, also they are often Serbs from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Ponori in Otocac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Diklić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Diklić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Rijeka (65), Zagreb (55), Petrcane (40), Otocac (20), and in Mocici in Dubrovnik area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Austria (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Diklić (including: Diklich , Diklic and Dicklich ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Diklic " is used by small number of people in France , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Diklich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Dicklich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Diklić, Drago Diklić, Stanka Diklić, Marina Diklić, Davorin Diklić, Rada Diklić, Georgije Diklić, Dea Diklić, Miljenko Diklić, Mladen Diklić, Nenad Diklić, Đorđe Diklić, Zoran Diklić, Željko Diklić, Milan Diklić, Anita Diklić, Darko Diklić, Branko Diklić, Boris Diklić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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