Surname Strika in modern Croatia

Strika families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar area and in Zadar.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Strika live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Lovinac in Zadar area (45), Zadar (40), Zagreb (20), Rijeka (15), and in Sibenik (10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Switzerland (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Strika (including: Strikha , Stricca , Strichka , Stricka , Stryka and Sterica ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Strika " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Chile.

Characteristic first names

Ernest Strika, Stipe Strika, Boško Strika, Nikola Strika, Ivica Strika, Jerolim Strika, Melanija Strika, Dajana Strika, Robert Strika, Krunoslav Strika, Branka Strika, Maja Strika, Danica Strika, Marin Strika, Zdravko Strika, Davor Strika, Svetlana Strika, Vesna Strika, Goran Strika

Mentions in sources

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

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