Surname Kanižai in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kanižai families are predominantly Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), rarely Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kanižai live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and 8 other places, mostly in Novi Bezdan in Beli Manastir area (<10), Osijek (<5), Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5), and in Zmajevac (<5) and Suza (<5) in Beli Manastir area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kanižai (including: Kanizai , Kanizsai , Kanizsay , Kanizay and Kanizhay ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Kanizai " is used by few people in the United States. "Kanizay " is used by some 60 people in Australia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gabriella Kanižai, Janoš Kanižai, Matilda Kanižai, Josip Kanižai, Ivan Kanižai, Katalin Kanižai, Karolj Kanižai, Jožef Kanižai, Ana Kanižai, Jozo Kanižai, Terezija Kanižai, Imre Kanižai, Gabriel Kanižai, Dario Kanižai, Anamaria Kanižai, Rozalia Kanižai, Jelisaveta Kanižai, Katarina Kanižai, Ruža Kanižai

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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