Surname Ikić in modern Croatia

Ikić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. According to some sources they are from Donje Pounja area, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Zadar.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Ikić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Zadar (40), Gorica in Zadar area (35), Pula (20), and in Valtura in Pula area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (6), Germany (3), and to the United States (2).
Family name Ikić (including: Ikic , Ichich , Icic , Hikichi , Ikich , Ycas , Icas , Ikichi and Ikhic ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Ikich " is used by few people in the United States. "Icic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ycas " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Niko Ikić, Rahela Ikić, Vedran Ikić, Danijel Ikić, Antonio Ikić, Željko Ikić, Mijo Ikić, Filip Ikić, Lea Ikić, Ivica Ikić, Đurđica Ikić, Nenad Ikić, Milena Ikić, Valentina Ikić, Miro Ikić, Ilija Ikić, Milovan Ikić, Marijana Ikić, Dubravka Ikić

Mentions in sources

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

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