Surname Sikirić in modern Croatia

Sikirić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area , rarely Bosniaks (Bosanska krajina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area. In Bibinje in Zadar area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Sikirić.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Sikirić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Bibinje in Zadar area (315), Zagreb (90), Zadar (75), Lukoran on the Island of Ugljan (15), and in Popovaca in Kutina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Australia (2), Belgium (2), Sweden (2), Switzerland (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Sikirić (including: Sikiric , Sikirich ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Sikiric " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Sweden , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Snežana Sikirić, Hrvoje Sikirić, Maja Sikirić, Slaven Sikirić, Dragutin Sikirić, Predrag Sikirić, Mićo Sikirić, Siniša Sikirić, Zdenko Sikirić, Višnja Sikirić, Radmila Sikirić, Anto Sikirić, Elvedin Sikirić, Ante Sikirić, Marijo Sikirić, Ella Sikirić, Kemal Sikirić, Drago Sikirić, Zlatko Sikirić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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