Surname Kanja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kanja families are mainly Croats (from Vinkovci area ), less frequently Slovaks (from Ilok ), and very rarely Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kanja live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Ilok (10), in Apsevci (<10), Lipovac (<5) and Korog (<5) in Vinkovci area, and in Vinkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kanja (including: Kania , Kanya , Kanjaa , Kagna , Kanjah , Khanja , Kannya , Kanyah and Khanjah ) is present in 102 countries worldwide. "Kania " is used by some 20000 people in Poland , about 10000 in Indonesia , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Kannya " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kanyha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đurđica Kanja, Tanja Kanja, Zdenko Kanja, Ivan Kanja, Marko Kanja, Ana Kanja, Blanka Kanja, Darija Kanja, Katarina Kanja, Dragan Kanja, Mirko Kanja, Željko Kanja, Erža Kanja, Ružica Kanja, Viktorija Kanja, Franjica Kanja, Anica Kanja, Petar Kanja, Janko Kanja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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