In Croatia, Šahnić families are Croats (from Cazins Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Velika Kladusa area) and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Šahnić live in Croatia today, in five households only. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Rijeka (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.