In Croatia, Kanič families are Croats (from Opatija area ).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Kanič live in Croatia today, in three households only. They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Opatija (<5) and Matulji in Opatija area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.