Surname Rajčević in modern Croatia

Rajčević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Rajčević live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Zadar (20), Dubrovnik (20), Makarska (15), and in Smokovic in Zadar area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Rajčević (including: Raicevic , Rajcevic , Rajcevich , Raicevich , Raycevich and Raycevic ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Rajcevic " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Chile , and small number of people in France , small number of people in Italy. "Rajcevich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Chile. "Raicevic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 80 in France , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Rajčević, Goran Rajčević, Đorđe Rajčević, Mario Rajčević, Marko Rajčević, Vera Rajčević, Nada Rajčević, Ana Rajčević, Đuro Rajčević, Radovan Rajčević, David Rajčević, Marija Rajčević, Vlaho Rajčević, Katica Rajčević, Ivona Rajčević, Mihovil Rajčević, Miho Rajčević, Ivan Rajčević, Zoran Rajčević

Mentions in sources

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

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