Surname Hanžić in modern Croatia

Hanžić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Hanžić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Pavlovec Zabocki (15), Gornja Plemenscina (15), Busin (15), and in Jakusevec Zabocki (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hanžić (including: Hanzic , Hanzich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Hanzic " is used by some 60 people in Australia and small number in the United States. "Hanzich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Željko Hanžić, Stjepan Hanžić, Vjekoslav Hanžić, Lidija Hanžić, Dražen Hanžić, Karmen Hanžić, Željka Hanžić, Josip Hanžić, Milan Hanžić, Robert Hanžić, Mirjana Hanžić, Slavko Hanžić, Boris Hanžić, Ozren Hanžić, Milica Hanžić, Vatroslav Hanžić, Darko Hanžić, Irena Hanžić, Mirela Hanžić

Mentions in sources

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

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