Surname Zanki in modern Croatia

Zanki families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Vis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Vis.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Zanki live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Komiza on the Island of Vis (70), Privlaka in Zadar area (55), Split (35), Zagreb (30), and in Zadar (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (7) and the United States (4).
Family name Zanki (including: Zanchi , Zanchini , Zancheti , Zanky and Zankie ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Zanki " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Indonesia , and some 60 people in Australia. "Zankie " is used by few people in the United States. "Zanky " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Zanki, Kristijan Zanki, Kažimir Zanki, Andro Zanki, Zdenko Zanki, Dino Zanki, Vlasta Zanki, Vjekoslav Zanki, Lucijo Zanki, Lukrecija Zanki, Sandra Zanki, Dunja Zanki, Nadalina Zanki, Natalia Zanki, Majda Zanki, Mladen Zanki, Ana Zanki, Željko Zanki, Nina Zanki

Mentions in sources

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

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