Surname Nikles in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Nikles families are Croats (from Cazma area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Cazma area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Nikles live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located and 5 other Croatian places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Gudovac (<10), Pula (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Brezovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nikles (including: Nickles , Nicholes , Nickless , Nichles , Nicles , Nykles , Niklesh , Nichless and Niekles ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Nikles " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Switzerland. "Niekles " is used by few people in the United States. "Nickles " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 800 in Germany , and some 300 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Goran Nikles, Andrej Nikles, Željko Nikles, Katica Nikles, Gordana Nikles, Dražen Nikles, Dubravko Nikles, Jasmina Nikles, Adriana Nikles, Franjo Nikles, Marija Nikles, Slađana Nikles, Mirjana Nikles, Zlata Nikles, Ivan Nikles, Đuro Nikles, Hrvoje Nikles, Sven Nikles, Samanta Nikles

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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