Surname Kancir in modern Croatia

Kancir 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 Pregrada.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Kancir live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Velika Gorica (10), Gorjakovo (10), Benkovo (<10), and in Cazma (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kancir (including: Kanchyyr , Kancyr , Kanzier , Kanchier , Kancír and Kancier ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Kancir " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in Canada , small number of people in France. "Kanzier " is used by few people in the United States. "Kanchier " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Kancir, Boris Kancir, Ivana Kancir, Krunoslav Kancir, Renata Kancir, Milan Kancir, Božidar Kancir, Sandra Kancir, Franjo Kancir, Benina Kancir, Jasna Kancir, Mladen Kancir, Leonardo Kancir, Krešo Kancir, Krešimir Kancir, Terezija Kancir, Vjekoslav Kancir, Nenad Kancir, Martina Kancir

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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