Surname Canić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Canić families are predominantly Croats (from Sibenik ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Serbia.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Canić live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Sibenik (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Canić (including: Zanic , Canic , Cannici , Canich , Caniche , Cannick , Canick , Cannic , Chanick and Channic ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Canic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Canich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zanic " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Josip Canić, Milan Canić, Lela Canić, Miloš Canić, Livia Canić, Vlasta Canić, Danica Canić, Jasenka Canić, Zorica Canić, Irma Canić, Draga Canić, Josipa Canić, Kate Canić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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