Surname Ivanika in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ivanika families are almost entirely Croats (from Ilok area ), barely Hungarians (from Nin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area).

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Ivanika live in Croatia today, in 20 households.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, four cities and 10 other places, mostly in Gornji Emovci (15), Opatovac in Ilok area (15), Mlini in Dubrovnik area (<10), Vir in Nin area (<10), and in Mokosica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ivanika (including: Iwanicka , Ivanica , Ivanicka , Ivanikha , Iwanicha , Ivanická , Ivanichka and Iwanika ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. "Iwanicka " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kata Ivanika, Željko Ivanika, Žarko Ivanika, Ante Ivanika, Branko Ivanika, Anđelko Ivanika, Luka Ivanika, Eugen Ivanika, Ivana Ivanika, Ivica Ivanika, Ana Ivanika, Katarina Ivanika, Marija Ivanika, Blago Ivanika, Svjetlana Ivanika, Marijo Ivanika, Stipo Ivanika, Mato Ivanika, Jure Ivanika

Mentions in sources

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

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