Surname Čanić in modern Croatia

Čanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area).

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Čanić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Gospic (45), Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (25), Split (10), and in Varazdin (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čanić (including: Canic , Canich , Caniche , Cannick , Canick , Cannic , Chanick , Channic , Chanich and Chanic ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Canic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Chanic " is used by few people in the United States. "Canich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Šimun Čanić, Tomislav Čanić, Zdravko Čanić, Ranko Čanić, Dubravko Čanić, Ljubo Čanić, Ivan Čanić, Dragoslav Čanić, Ružica Čanić, Jadranka Čanić, Adnan Čanić, Katarina Čanić, Mato Čanić, Višeslav Čanić, Nada Čanić, Božo Čanić, Marina Čanić, Mario Čanić, Robert Čanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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