In Croatia, Nanut families are generally Croats (from Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) ), very rarely Slovenes (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Vrbovsko.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Nanut live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Mihotici in Opatija area (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Pula (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Nanut is present in 19 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.