Surname Španić in modern Croatia

Španić families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Varazdin area. In Ljubešćica in Varazdin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Španić.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Španić live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 960 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 92 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Ljubescica in Varazdin area (110), Stivica in Nova Gradiska area (35), Sesvete (35), and in Primorski Dolac in Trogir area (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Španić (including: Spanich , Shpanich , Spanic , Spanick , Spanics and Schapanick ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Spanic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Spanich " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Spanick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Španić, Krunoslav Španić, Božidar Španić, Ivica Španić, Veronika Španić, Snježana Španić, Mirjana Španić, Marica Španić, Krešimir Španić, Jakov Španić, Vladimir Španić, Bruno Španić, Rudolf Španić, Ivan Španić, Marija Španić, Suzana Španić, Nikola Španić, Ljubica Španić, Gordana Španić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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