Surname Siča in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Siča families are Croats (from Ozalj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Ozalj. In Škaljevica in Ozalj every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Siča.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Siča live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zaluka (<10), Ozalj (<5), and in Skaljevica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Siča (including: Sica , Sicha , Siccha , Sicca , Sieca , Shica , Sicka , Siica , Siecha and Sizza ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. The family name "Sica " is used by some 20000 people in Italy , about 8000 in the United States , and some 7000 people in Brazil. "Sicka " is used by some 60 people in Germany , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Ghana. "Shica " is used by some 300 people in Peru , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Josip Siča, Stjepan Siča, Drago Siča, Dragica Siča, Terezija Siča, Bara Siča, Danica Siča, Vinko Siča, Zorica Siča, Marica Siča, Jasna Siča, Daniel Siča, Anita Siča, Ivan Siča, Barica Siča, Josipa Siča, Mije Siča, Mijo Siča, Tereza Siča

Mentions in sources

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

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