Surname Raiter in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Raiter families are Croats (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica and in Orahovica area. In Bankovci in Orahovica area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Raiter.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Raiter live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Bankovci in Orahovica area (<5), Senkovec in Zapresic area (<5), and in Jurovcak in Mursko Sredisce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Raiter (including: Rayter , Raither and Raitter ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Raiter " is used by some 600 people in Brazil , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Poland. "Raither " is used by some 50 people in Brazil , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Raitter " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Feliks Raiter, Vera Raiter, Antun Raiter, Đurđica Raiter, Marin Raiter, Darko Raiter, Doris Raiter

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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