Surname Kandžija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kandžija families are almost entirely Croats (from Trogir area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Trogir.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Kandžija live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Split (<10), Trogir (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Uljanik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kandžija (including: Kandzija , Kandiya , Khandiya , Kandija , Kandhiya , Kandiyah , Chandija , Kandiera , Khandija and Kandilya ) is present in 16 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Vinko Kandžija, Milica Kandžija, Jasna Kandžija, Ante Kandžija, Dragica Kandžija, Željko Kandžija, Stjepko Kandžija, Božidar Kandžija, Sanja Kandžija, Nada Kandžija, Željka Kandžija, Tomislav Kandžija, Ivana Kandžija, Marija Kandžija, Mladen Kandžija, Branka Kandžija, Branko Kandžija, Stjepan Kandžija, Ljiljana Kandžija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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