Surname Šanić in modern Croatia

Šanić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and on the Island of Rab.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Šanić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Lopar on the Island of Rab (30), Nustar in Vinkovci area (20), Sibenik (20), Donji Vinjani (15), and in Zagreb (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šanić (including: Sanic , Sanich , Shanich , Shpanich , Schanick , Sahnic , Sanick , Shanic , Shanick and Sanicz ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Sanic " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Shanic " is used by few people in the United States. "Sahnic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Šanić, Ivan Šanić, Berislav Šanić, Ljiljana Šanić, Hrvoje Šanić, Jurica Šanić, Danijel Šanić, Željko Šanić, Davor Šanić, Mladen Šanić, Josip Šanić, Maja Šanić, Zorana Šanić, Marica Šanić, Borislav Šanić, Silvija Šanić, Saša Šanić, Boško Šanić, Jozo Šanić

Mentions in sources

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

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