Raguž families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from east Herzegovina and Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in East Herzegovina (Stolac area). In places Kruševo and Stolac in Middle Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Raguž.
Prevalence
About 1600 people with faimily name Raguž live in Croatia today, in 610 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 119 other places, mostly in Zagreb (350), Dubrovnik (175), Metkovic (110), Vinkovci (105), and in Mokosica (75).
Outside Croatia
Family name Raguž (including: Raguz , Raguzzi ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Raguz " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in Peru , and some 200 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.
