Surname Zanella in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Zanella live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zanella is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Zannella " is used by some 700 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Davor Zanella, Guido Zanella, Leonardo Zanella, Riccardo Zanella, Ricardo Zanella, Andrea Zanella, Melissa Zanella, Linda Zanella, Iskra Zanella, Željko Zanella, Marija Zanella, Zdenko Zanella, Ankica Zanella, Mateo Zanella, Jessica Zanella, Tončica Zanella, Tonči Zanella, Luka Zanella, Ante Zanella

Mentions in sources

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

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