Surname Raić in modern Croatia

Raić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Rastovac Budački in Duga Resa area every second inhabitant had the family name Raić.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Raić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 49 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Split (65), Karlovac (30), Pula (20), and in Djakovo (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Germany (2), Austria (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Raić (including: Raic , Raich , Raiche , Raicha , Raick , Raichl , Raichi , Raichs , Raics and Raizz ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. The family name "Raic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 100 in Canada , and about 100 in the United States. "Raich " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 500 people in Austria. "Raics " is used by small number of people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Raić, Nino Raić, Josip Raić, Fedor Raić, Biserka Raić, Vladimir Raić, Slavko Raić, Roland Raić, Miroslav Raić, Aleksandar Raić, Ana Raić, Vlaho Raić, Snježana Raić, Drago Raić, Marin Raić, Dubravka Raić, Vedran Raić, Emil Raić, Jure Raić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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