Surname Račić in modern Croatia

Račić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar , barely Serbs and Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik. In Vrbanj on the Island of Hvar every ninth inhabitant had the family name Račić.

Prevalence

About 690 people with faimily name Račić live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 60 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Split (45), Rijeka (35), Vrbanj on the Island of Hvar (35), and in Slavonski Brod (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 22 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Canada (7), and to the United States (7).
Family name Račić (including: Racic , Racich , Rachic , Rachich , Ratschki , Racick , Rachick , Rachici , Ratschnig and Racitsch ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Racic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and some 50 people in France. "Rachic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Racich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Račić, Pavao Račić, Hrvoje Račić, Nikola Račić, Goran Račić, Mihovil Račić, Ladislav Račić, Marin Račić, Pero Račić, Renato Račić, Mili Račić, Ivan Račić, Željka Račić, Zlatko Račić, Dražen Račić, Damir Račić, Ana Račić, Ida Račić, Aleksandar Račić

Mentions in sources

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

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