Surname Kanižaj in modern Croatia

Kanižaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Kanižaj live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (55), Cakovec (25), Varazdin (15), and in Gardinovec in Cakovec area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (2), Australia (2), Austria (1), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Kanižaj (including: Kanizaj , Kanizay , Kanizsay , Kanizhay and Kanizai ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Kanizaj " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Kanizay " is used by some 60 people in Australia and small number in the United States. "Kanizai " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Kanižaj, Barbara Kanižaj, Duško Kanižaj, Zdenko Kanižaj, Goran Kanižaj, Darko Kanižaj, Nevenka Kanižaj, Marijan Kanižaj, Želimir Kanižaj, Kristijan Kanižaj, Pavao Kanižaj, Stjepan Kanižaj, Višnja Kanižaj, Ivan Kanižaj, Ivica Kanižaj, Marieta Kanižaj, Berislav Kanižaj, Igor Kanižaj, Senada Kanižaj

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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