Surname Rac in modern Croatia

Rac families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area , rarely Rusyns (from Vukovar ) and Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Rac live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Slavonski Brod (30), Gola in Djurdjevac area (30), Kasina (25), and in Petrovci in Vukovar area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rac (including: Raz , Racz , Ratz , Rach , Raach , Razz , Rachh , Rathz and Raac ) is present in 123 countries worldwide. "Ratz " is used by some 4000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil. "Razz " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Racz " is used by some 20000 people in Hungary , about 4000 in Romania , and some 3000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Rac, Darko Rac, Stanko Rac, Zvonko Rac, Mladen Rac, Josip Rac, Marijan Rac, Sandrino Rac, Miljenko Rac, Sonja Rac, Branimir Rac, Nadica Rac, Dubravka Rac, Božidar Rac, Davor Rac, Domagoj Rac, Tomislav Rac, Mario Rac, Vladimir Rac

Mentions in sources

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

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