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Surname Šanjić in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šanjić families are generally Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), barely Bosniaks, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Djurdjevac area.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Šanjić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Molve in Djurdjevac area (20), Zagreb (<10), Koprivnica (<5), Split (<5), and in Hvar on the Island of Hvar (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šanjić (including: Sanjic , Sanyich ) is present in 13 countries on three continents.
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Characteristic first names
Snježana Šanjić,
Zdravko Šanjić,
Marija Šanjić,
Marina Šanjić,
Tatjana Šanjić,
Ivan Šanjić,
Romana Šanjić,
Daniela Šanjić,
Dragan Šanjić,
Daliborka Šanjić,
Ivica Šanjić,
Anita Šanjić,
Marjana Šanjić,
Vladimir Šanjić,
Suzana Šanjić,
Vjekoslav Šanjić,
Josip Šanjić,
Mladen Šanjić,
Željko Šanjić