Surname Šikanja in modern Croatia

Šikanja families are predominantly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šikanja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Sisak (10), Petrinja (<10), Beli Manastir (<10), Donji Klasnic (<10), and in Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and France (1).
Family name Šikanja (including: Sikanja , Sikanya , Shikanya , Shrikanya and Sikania ) is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Šikanja, Miloš Šikanja, Tihomir Šikanja, Aleksandar Šikanja, Đuro Šikanja, Branko Šikanja, Katica Šikanja, Željko Šikanja, Mirko Šikanja, Marica Šikanja, Boris Šikanja, Bosiljka Šikanja, Tomislav Šikanja, Darko Šikanja, Branka Šikanja, Goran Šikanja, Maja Šikanja, Draginja Šikanja, Zlata Šikanja

Mentions in sources

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

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