Surname Čanjevac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čanjevac families are almost entirely Croats (from Varazdin area ), barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Čanjevac live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Gornji Kneginec in Varazdin area (15), Zagreb (<10), Turcin in Varazdin area (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Dugi Rat in Omis area (<10).

Outside Croatia

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

Characteristic first names

Višnja Čanjevac, Željko Čanjevac, Martin Čanjevac, Ivan Čanjevac, Matija Čanjevac, Kruno Čanjevac, Dženis Čanjevac, Silvija Čanjevac, Draženka Čanjevac, Marina Čanjevac, Berislav Čanjevac, Stjepan Čanjevac, Tanja Čanjevac, Božena Čanjevac, Štefanija Čanjevac, Tomislav Čanjevac, Mirjana Čanjevac, Nikola Čanjevac, Dragutin Čanjevac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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