In Croatia, Nikičić families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Nikičić live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four naselja i to in Slavonski Kobas in Pleternica area (45), Slavonski Brod (<10), Nova Gradiska (<5), and in Oriovac in Pleternica area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Nikičić is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.