In Croatia, Tichy families are Czechs (from Garesnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Daruvar.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Tichy live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and two other places, mostly in Daruvar (<5), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<5), and in Brod Moravice in Vrbovsko area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tichy is present in 16 countries on three continents. The family name "Tichy " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Czech Republic , and some 600 people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.