Surname Rašeta in modern Croatia

Rašeta families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac area , whereas often Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Zagreb. In places Donji Lapac , Mišljenovac and Gajine in Obrovac area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Rašeta.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Rašeta live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Donji Lapac in Obrovac area (70), Zagreb (50), Gajine in Obrovac area (15), Curlovac in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rašeta (including: Raseta , Rasetta , Rasheta , Rascheta and Rasetha ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Raseta " is used by some 1000 people in Madagascar , about 100 in France , and some 60 people in the United States. "Rasheta " is used by small number of people in Egypt and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Rašeta, Petar Rašeta, Irena Rašeta, Boris Rašeta, Dmitar Rašeta, Damir Rašeta, Jasna Rašeta, Darko Rašeta, Anka Rašeta, Verica Rašeta, Ivana Rašeta, Đurđa Rašeta, Nikola Rašeta, Jovo Rašeta, Antonio Rašeta, Zoran Rašeta, Nada Rašeta, Ivan Rašeta, Kristina Rašeta

Mentions in sources

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

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