Racetin families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Split.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Racetin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Marina in Trogir area (20), Split (15), Dograde in Trogir area (10), Trogir (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Racetin is present in five countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.