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Surname Čanak in modern Croatia
Čanak families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , but often Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb.
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Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Čanak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Rijeka (10), Zrmanja in Knin area (<10), Nova Gradiska (<10), and in Garesnica (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Čanak (including: Chanak , Canak , Csanak , Chovanak , Cannak , Chanack , Channak , Cannakk , Canakh and Canack ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Canak " is used by some 400 people in Turkey , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Chanak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Sri Lanka. "Chanack " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Dejan Čanak,
Ivanka Čanak,
Goran Čanak,
Željko Čanak,
Stanka Čanak,
Daria Čanak,
Bojana Čanak,
Predrag Čanak,
Neven Čanak,
Milorad Čanak,
Zlatica Čanak,
Siniša Čanak,
Edit Čanak,
Marija Čanak,
Mirjana Čanak,
Svetlana Čanak,
Robert Čanak,
Dean Čanak,
Ana Čanak
