Surname Čićek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čićek families are almost entirely Croats (from Varazdin area ), barely Albanians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čićek live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Sracinec in Varazdin area (10), Zagreb (<10), Sesvete (<10), Lovrecan in Oroslavje area (<10), and in Ludbreg (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čićek (including: Cicek , Chichek , Csicsek , Ciecek , Casek and Cizzek ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Cicek " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Austria. "Cizzek " is used by few people in the United States. "Ciecek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Čićek, Kornelija Čićek, Angelina Čićek, Sendi Čićek, Judita Čićek, Zdravko Čićek, Ivica Čićek, Sandra Čićek, Srečko Čićek, Ivan Čićek, Josip Čićek, Danijel Čićek, Tamara Čićek, Verica Čićek, Siniša Čićek, Vesna Čićek, Mirjana Čićek, Ankica Čićek, Krešimir Čićek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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