Surname Nikšić in modern Croatia

Nikšić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Gospic. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina (Capljina, Medjugorje and Ljubuski), rarely Serbs, and Bosniaks (western Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Široka Kula in Gospic every fourth inhabitant had the family name Nikšić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Nikšić live in Croatia today, in 480 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 64 cities and 101 other places, mostly in Zagreb (250), Osijek (60), Rijeka (50), Vukovar (40), and in Sinac (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 31 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), France (6), Canada (5), the United States (4), Switzerland (2), the Netherlands (1), Argentina (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Nikšić (including: Niksic , Niksich , Nicksic , Nicksich and Niksick ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Niksic " is used by some 300 people in Yemen , about 300 in Germany , and some 300 people in the United States. "Niksich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Nicksic " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Nikšić, Milan Nikšić, Goran Nikšić, Hrvoje Nikšić, Boris Nikšić, Tamara Nikšić, Igor Nikšić, Nikola Nikšić, Mirta Nikšić, Vanja Nikšić, Bernard Nikšić, Željko Nikšić, Krunoslav Nikšić, Božidar Nikšić, Zdravko Nikšić, Branka Nikšić, Ivica Nikšić, Denis Nikšić, Krešimir Nikšić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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