In Croatia, Tikvan families are Croats (from Orahovica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Orahovica. In Crkvari in Orahovica every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Tikvan.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Tikvan live in Croatia today, in five 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 Crkvari (10), Zagreb (<5), and in Orahovica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tikvan (including: Tikwan , Tykvan and Thikvan ) is present in five countries on two continents.