Surname Radoš in modern Croatia

Radoš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Cavoglave near Drnis, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In places Seonica , Radoši and Crvenice in Western Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Radoš.

Prevalence

About 2400 people with faimily name Radoš live in Croatia today, in 860 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 75 cities and 195 other places, mostly in Zagreb (590), Sesvete (175), Split (125), Djakovo (115), and in Velika Gorica (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 33 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), the United States (6), Austria (5), Australia (4), Switzerland (4), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Radoš (including: Rados , Radosh , Radosz , Radossi , Radoschuk , Radosch and Radoss ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Rados " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Greece. "Radosh " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Mexico , and small number of people in Poland. "Radoss " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Radoš, Goran Radoš, Jozo Radoš, Marko Radoš, Ljerka Radoš, Milan Radoš, Božica Radoš, Ivan Radoš, Mislav Radoš, Mirela Radoš, Irene Radoš, Davor Radoš, Žarko Radoš, Marija Radoš, Jagoda Radoš, Edi Radoš, Zdravko Radoš, Pero Radoš, Bože Radoš

Mentions in sources

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

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