Surname Čani in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Čani live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (30), Ilok (10), Veliko Trojstvo in Bjelovar area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Glogovac in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čani (including: Cani , Chani , Chanie , Ciani , Chbani , Cianni , Canni , Canie , Cahni and Csani ) is present in 132 countries worldwide. "Ciani " is used by some 6000 people in Italy , about 1000 in Argentina , and some 800 people in the United States. "Canni " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 80 in Brazil , and some 50 people in the United States. "Csani " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Čani, Kristina Čani, Ines Čani, Zdravko Čani, Željko Čani, Vlatko Čani, Snježana Čani, Melita Čani, Ladislav Čani, Marijan Čani, Ankica Čani, Blaženka Čani, Božana Čani, Darija Čani, Gordana Čani, Zoran Čani, Dino Čani, Verica Čani, Danijel Čani

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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