Canjuga families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ivanec. In Jerovec in Ivanec every ninth inhabitant had the family name Canjuga.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Canjuga live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Jerovec (60), Varazdin (55), Vidovec in Varazdin area (40), Zagreb (25), and in Koprivnica (20).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Canjuga is present in four countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.