Surname Čanađija in modern Croatia

Čanađija families are Croats and they are mostly from Cazma. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma and Zagreb. In Dapci in Cazma every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čanađija.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čanađija live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Graberje Ivanicko (10), Dapci (<10), Palancani (<10), and in Sovari (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čanađija (including: Canadija , Canadjija , Canadiya and Chanadiya ) is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marko Čanađija, Adrijana Čanađija, Vitomir Čanađija, Dražen Čanađija, Željko Čanađija, Zdenka Čanađija, Vladimir Čanađija, Davor Čanađija, Andreja Čanađija, Božica Čanađija, Vedran Čanađija, Dragutin Čanađija, Žarko Čanađija, Nevenka Čanađija, Ljiljana Čanađija, Nataša Čanađija, Stjepan Čanađija, Sanjin Čanađija, Ivan Čanađija

Mentions in sources

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.

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