Surname Kanazir in modern Croatia

Kanazir families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Split , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Knin area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kanazir live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Split (15), Rijeka (15), Vinkovci (10), and in Knin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Norway (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Kanazir is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Kanazir " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Selma Kanazir, Valburga Kanazir, Mara Kanazir, Dragan Kanazir, Jasmin Kanazir, Franca Kanazir, Ratko Kanazir, Alma Kanazir, Duško Kanazir, Jasminka Kanazir, Sandro Kanazir, Gordana Kanazir, Elda Kanazir, Maksim Kanazir, Ivica Kanazir, Boris Kanazir, Zvonko Kanazir, Slavko Kanazir, Slobodan Kanazir

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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