Surname Radočaj in modern Croatia

Radočaj families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area , barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Slunj. In places Radočaji and Dobrenići in Ogulin area every third inhabitant had the family name Radočaj.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Radočaj live in Croatia today, in 470 households. There were 1200 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 48 cities and 101 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Karlovac (115), Duga Resa (75), Velika Gorica (55), and in Dobrenici in Ogulin area (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 37 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (15), Australia (7), Argentina (5), the United States (5), France (3), the Netherlands (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Radočaj (including: Radocaj , Radocay , Radocsay and Radochay ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Radocaj " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Radocay " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Radochay " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Radočaj, Tanja Radočaj, Miljenko Radočaj, Dragan Radočaj, Tomislav Radočaj, Tone Radočaj, Rudolf Radočaj, Ivan Radočaj, Drago Radočaj, Sandra Radočaj, Josip Radočaj, Tihana Radočaj, Antun Radočaj, Miroslav Radočaj, Roman Radočaj, Nikola Radočaj, Juraj Radočaj, Silvija Radočaj, Brankica Radočaj

Mentions in sources

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

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