Surname Zaninić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zaninić families are predominantly Croats (from Porec area ), rarely Italians (from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Zaninić live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Visnjan in Porec area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zaninić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Goran Zaninić, Damir Zaninić, Petar Zaninić, Simoneta Zaninić, Danilo Zaninić, Sonja Zaninić, Eva Zaninić, Mirna Zaninić, Mariuča Zaninić, Vittorio Zaninić, Vitorija Zaninić, Nikol Zaninić, Dominik Zaninić, Viktor Zaninić, Simon Zaninić, Ljiljana Zaninić, Ivan Zaninić, Viktorija Zaninić

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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