Surname Čikić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čikić families are predominantly Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area). In Dragelji in Bosanian Posavina every second inhabitant had the family name Čikić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čikić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Zagreb (<10), Novska (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čikić (including: Cikic , Chicas , Cicic , Chikichi , Chikich , Chichick , Chikic , Chikicha and Chikhich ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Cicic " is used by some 500 people in Romania , about 300 in Bangladesh , and some 100 people in the United States. "Chichick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chicas " is used by some 7000 people in El Salvador , about 3000 in Guatemala , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Čikić, Ana Čikić, Milan Čikić, Lidija Čikić, Marko Čikić, Čedomir Čikić, Mirko Čikić, Radovan Čikić, Goran Čikić, Jadranka Čikić, Ferid Čikić, Zoran Čikić, Dolores Čikić, Marita Čikić, Nevenka Čikić, Karin Čikić, Marija Čikić, Draga Čikić, Edita Čikić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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