In Croatia, Jakičević families are Croats (from Vrgorac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Zadar.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Jakičević live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only five naselja i to in Orah (20), Zagreb (<5), Zadar (<5), Split (<5), and in Dragove on Dugi (Long) Island (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jakičević (including: Jakicevic , Jakicevich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Jakicevic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.