Surname Čanji in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čanji families are mainly Croats (from Koprivnica area ), less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Koprivnica area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čanji live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Vukovar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čanji (including: Chanji , Cagni , Canji , Csanyi , Chanyi , Chagni , Chawanji , Chaanji , Canii and Canyi ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Canji " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in Hungary. "Chanyi " is used by some 80 people in Canada , small number in Kenya , and small number of people in the United States. "Csanyi " is used by some 700 people in Hungary , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Čanji, Goran Čanji, Geza Čanji, Željko Čanji, Robert Čanji, Slobodanka Čanji, Tomislav Čanji, Ivan Čanji, Janika Čanji, Ferenc Čanji, Ljiljana Čanji, Dijana Čanji, Slavica Čanji, Stjepan Čanji, Evi Čanji, Marijana Čanji, Etelka Čanji, Mario Čanji, Miroslav Čanji

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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