Surname Sikinger in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sikinger families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Zagreb. In Breznica Đakovačka in Djakovo area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Sikinger.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Sikinger live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Koprivnica (<10), Breznica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Ivanovac in Osijek area (<5), and in Levanjska Varos in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sikinger (including: Sickinger , Sichlinger , Sichinger and Szikinger ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Sikinger " is used by some 60 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Sickinger " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 900 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria. "Sichlinger " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Petra Sikinger, Lidija Sikinger, Silvija Sikinger, Vesna Sikinger, Ivanka Sikinger, Tomislav Sikinger, Petar Sikinger, Sonja Sikinger, Josip Sikinger, Drago Sikinger, Anica Sikinger, Ivan Sikinger, Nevenka Sikinger, Iva Sikinger, Antonija Sikinger, Đuro Sikinger, Damir Sikinger, Željko Sikinger, Slavko Sikinger

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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