In Croatia, Čičmak families are Croats (from Zlatar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Čičmak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in only five Croatian places: in Zagreb (25), Podgorje Bistricko in Zlatar area (<10), Djakovo (<5), Strmec in Samobor area (<5), and in Zetkan in Vrbovec area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.