Tikka (name)

Tikka is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "woodpecker"). It has a variant, Tikkanen. Tikka is used as a surname in India and Pakistan. In the latter it is also employed as a masculine given name.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Eeva Tikka (born 1939), Finnish writer
 * Iqbal Tikka (died 2021), Pakistani politician
 * Juha Tikka (1929–2001), Finnish swimmer
 * Kari S. Tikka (1944–2006), Finnish legal scholar, professor of finance law
 * Pertti Tikka (born 1955), Finnish ski-orienteer, world champion
 * Pia Tikka (born 1961), Finnish film director and screenwriter
 * Taneli Tikka (born 1978), Finnish entrepreneur in technology

Given name

 * Tikka Khan (1915-2002), Pakistani military general