Surname Panić in modern Croatia

Panić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area). In Jezera in Bosnian Krajina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Panić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Panić live in Croatia today, in 510 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 64 cities and 168 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Rijeka (70), Varazdin (25), Cakovec (25), and in Osijek (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (16), the United States (2), Argentina (2), the United Kingdom (1), Austria (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Panić (including: Panich , Panichi , Panic , Panici , Panicz , Panick , Paniec , Panitsch , Panics and Panizz ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Panic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Indonesia. "Panich " is used by some 4000 people in Thailand , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Ukraine. "Panici " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Italy , and some 200 people in Moldova , some 200 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Vjeran Panić, Nenad Panić, Marica Panić, Branka Panić, Mirko Panić, Damir Panić, Milan Panić, Snježana Panić, Kristina Panić, Željko Panić, Sanja Panić, Mario Panić, Petar Panić, Branko Panić, Goran Panić, Irena Panić, Mladen Panić, Rade Panić, Dean Panić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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