Zanić Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Zanić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zanić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia531:79,78513,729
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Žanić (314), Zanic (196) & Zanič (25) are calculated separately.

Zanić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zanić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Zanić is found most frequently in Croatia. It may be rendered as a variant: Žanić, Zanic or Zanič. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zanić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zanić is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname Zanić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zanić live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

Zanić is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 79,785. In Croatia Zanić is most prevalent in: Zadar County, where 64 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 21 percent live and Lika-Senj County, where 6 percent live. Excluding Croatia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 10 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Žanić93314/
Zanic93196/
Zanič9325/
Dzanić9130/
Drzanić8317/
Čanić80889/
Canić80712/
Zonić80550/
Zaniz80262/
Šanić8076/
Zenić8062/
Sanić8027/
Ćanić809/
Džanić731,209/
Jasnić73518/
Dzanic73378/
Jagnić73113/
Jamnić73113/
Šajnić7385/
Zanich7364/
Šahnić7337/
Djanić7322/
Dzonić737/
Zainic737/
Čajnić737/
Žangić735/
Zgonić734/
Satnić732/
Sagnić732/
Saunić731/
Jaunić731/
Zeinić731/
Ćamnić731/
Šaunić731/
Sjanić731/
Sahnić731/
Tsanić731/
Zanoic731/
Szanics67246/
Szaniec67214/
Sahanić6718/
Drzanic6715/
Zhanich6712/
Szanicz6710/
Zganich677/
Zganicz675/
Zaniche671/
Zaynich671/
Czanitz671/
Zamnitz670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zanić
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