Surname Canjar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Canjar families are Croats (from Vrbovsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko area and in Karlovac. In Skoblić Brdo in Vrbovsko area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Canjar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Canjar live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Damalj (<10), Skoblic Brdo in Vrbovsko area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Mali Jadrc (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Canjar (including: Zaniar , Zanjar , Zanyar , Caniar and Canyar ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Canjar " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 50 in Canada. "Caniar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Canjar, Marijan Canjar, Marija Canjar, Ana Canjar, Ljubica Canjar, Vjekoslav Canjar, Željko Canjar, Ivana Canjar, Danica Canjar, Zora Canjar, Ivan Canjar, Albin Canjar, Franjo Canjar, Alen Canjar, Katica Canjar, Ljuba Canjar, Stjepan Canjar, Štefanija Canjar, Ankica Canjar

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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