In Croatia, Nickl families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Slatina.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Nickl live in Croatia today, in three households only. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.