Surname Racz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Racz families are predominantly Croats (from Donji Miholjac ), rarely Hungarians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donji Miholjac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Racz live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), Rabac (<5), Golinci (<5), and in Miholjacki Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Racz (including: Razzaz , Razz and Rácz ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Racz " is used by some 20000 people in Hungary , about 4000 in Romania , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Razz " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoltan Racz, Aleksandar Racz, Zlata Racz, Ljudevit Racz, Saša Racz, Erika Racz, Veronika Racz, Janos Racz, Ivan Racz, Maria Racz, Richard Racz, Zsuzsanna Racz, Gabriel Racz, Dorotea Racz, Rajna Racz, Štefica Racz, Stjepan Racz, Attila Racz, Zlate Racz

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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