Surname Zanchi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zanchi families are Croats (from the Island of Vis ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Zanchi live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Split (10), Zagreb (<10), Sibenik (<5), and in Komiza on the Island of Vis (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Zanchi is present in 35 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Željka Zanchi, Igor Zanchi, Jakša Zanchi, Vlasta Zanchi, Pero Zanchi, Jelena Zanchi, Zdenka Zanchi, Josip Zanchi, Vanja Zanchi, Hrvoje Zanchi, Andrija Zanchi, Ivana Zanchi, Ivona Zanchi, Linda Zanchi, Andrea Zanchi, Martina Zanchi, Vicko Zanchi, Vinko Zanchi, Hatidža Zanchi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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