Surname Vanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vanić families are predominantly Croats (from Sisak ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Slavonski Brod. In Čapljani in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Vanić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Vanić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Sisak (15), Zagreb (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Vanici in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vanić (including: Vanich , Vanic , Wanick , Wahnich , Vanick , Vaniche , Wanich , Vanych , Wanic and Vaniec ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Vanic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Mexico. "Vanich " is used by some 800 people in Thailand , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Vanick " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 70 in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Željka Vanić, Siniša Vanić, Bogdan Vanić, Manuela Vanić, Boris Vanić, Dalibor Vanić, Martin Vanić, Vlatka Vanić, Dražen Vanić, Martina Vanić, Dunja Vanić, Mirko Vanić, Rajko Vanić, Vesna Vanić, Zrinoslav Vanić, Lana Vanić, Dubravko Vanić, Mirjana Vanić, Mladen Vanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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