Surname Čikan in modern Croatia

Čikan families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Čikan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 10 other places, mostly in Novi Marof (15), Preseka in Vrbovec area (10), Kljuc (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čikan (including: Chikan , Chichkan , Cican , Cikan , Chikkann , Chikkan , Cikhan , Cickan , Chikhan and Chickan ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Cichan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ciechan " is used by some 400 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in Italy. "Chichyan " is used by some 200 people in Armenia , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Duško Čikan, Gordan Čikan, Dean Čikan, Vilim Čikan, Dragutin Čikan, Zoran Čikan, Franjo Čikan, Mladen Čikan, Tomislav Čikan, Marko Čikan, Petar Čikan, Ivan Čikan, Diana Čikan, Karolina Čikan, Milena Čikan, Zvonko Čikan, Branimir Čikan, Nagorka Čikan, Ljiljana Čikan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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