Surname Kičić in modern Croatia

Kičić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Zagreb. In Brestovčina in Bosanian Posavina every third inhabitant had the family name Kičić.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Kičić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Sesvete (20), Nova Gradiska (15), and in Smrtic (10) and Donji Varos (<10) in Nova Gradiska area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kičić (including: Kicic , Chicas , Cicic , Kicas and Chichick ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Kicic " is used by some 60 people in Australia , some 60 people in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Kicas " is used by some 100 people in Lithuania and small number in the United States. "Cicic " is used by some 500 people in Romania , about 300 in Bangladesh , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Kičić, Mario Kičić, Tina Kičić, Rade Kičić, Matija Kičić, Marko Kičić, Franjo Kičić, Drago Kičić, Goran Kičić, Zlatko Kičić, Petar Kičić, Jasna Kičić, Miroslav Kičić, Alen Kičić, Dubravko Kičić, Snježana Kičić, Ferdo Kičić, Dajana Kičić, Ivan Kičić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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