Surname Radonić in modern Croatia

Radonić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac , less frequently Serbs and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Split. In Kotezi in Vrgorac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Radonić.

Prevalence

About 710 people with faimily name Radonić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 760 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Split (50), Kotezi (45), Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (40), and in Gruda in Dubrovnik area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Germany (6), Sweden (3), Switzerland (2), Australia (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Radonić (including: Radonich , Radonic and Radonici ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Radonic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 60 in Argentina , and small number of people in the United States. "Radonich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Argentina , and some 100 people in Chile.

Characteristic first names

Elizabeta Radonić, Bojan Radonić, Antun Radonić, Radovan Radonić, Vedran Radonić, Ani Radonić, Tonči Radonić, Marija Radonić, Novica Radonić, Joško Radonić, Tomislav Radonić, Marko Radonić, Adela Radonić, Moris Radonić, Dalibor Radonić, Hrvoje Radonić, Miroslav Radonić, Ljubica Radonić, Marijan Radonić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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