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Surname Kanis in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Kanis families are generally Croats (from Nasice area ), very rarely Slovaks (from Virovitica ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and in Nasice area.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Kanis live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Donja Moticina in Nasice area (10), Nasice (<10), Markovac Nasicki (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Pula (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Kanis (including: Khanis , Kanish , Kanies , Kannis , Kaniss , Kahnis , Kaniess , Khanish and Kanicz ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Kanies " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Kaniss " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Brazil. "Kaniess " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Željko Kanis,
Krunoslav Kanis,
Danijel Kanis,
Mateja Kanis,
Marina Kanis,
Mladen Kanis,
Dragutin Kanis,
Blaženka Kanis,
Duško Kanis,
Ksenija Kanis,
Danijela Kanis,
Ivan Kanis,
Slavko Kanis,
Franjo Kanis,
Marko Kanis,
Mirko Kanis,
Štefica Kanis,
Zlatko Kanis,
Karlo Kanis
