In Croatia, Raguzin families are generally Croats (from Rijeka ), very rarely Italians (from Rijeka area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Split.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Raguzin live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Ilovik in Rijeka area (<10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Necujam on the Island of Solta (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Raguzin is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Raguzin " is used by some 600 people in Russian Federation , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
