Surname Kancijan in modern Croatia

Kancijan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kancijan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Ludbreg (15), Koprivnica (<10), Bolfan (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kancijan is present in four countries on two continents. "Canciyan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Kancijan, Stanko Kancijan, Josip Kancijan, Ksenija Kancijan, Đurđa Kancijan, Nikola Kancijan, Jasenka Kancijan, Mladen Kancijan, Marijeta Kancijan, Zdenka Kancijan, Stjepan Kancijan, Đuro Kancijan, Katica Kancijan, Tatjana Kancijan, Silvija Kancijan, Dubravko Kancijan, Valentina Kancijan, Višnja Kancijan, Tamara Kancijan

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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