Zanze families are Croats and they are mostly from Vodice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Zanze live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (15), Sibenik (15), Osijek (10), Zagreb (10), and in Vodice (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Zanze is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Zanze " is used by some 1000 people in Burkina Faso , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.