In Croatia, Zani families are Italians (from Rijeka area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Zani live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Mavrinci in Rijeka area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1516 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.