Surname Rajić in modern Croatia

Rajić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In places Studenčica and Idbar in North Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Rajić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Rajić live in Croatia today, in 620 households. There were 760 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 81 cities and 166 other places, mostly in Zagreb (290), Split (75), Sesvete (55), Osijek (40), and in Knin (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 31 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (6), Switzerland (5), Australia (4), Austria (4), and to France (2).
Family name Rajić (including: Rajic , Rajich , Rayich and Raiich ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Rajic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria. "Raiich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Emilija Rajić, Vlado Rajić, Željko Rajić, Valentina Rajić, Luka Rajić, Tomislav Rajić, Marijan Rajić, Milenko Rajić, Igor Rajić, Zoran Rajić, Ivan Rajić, Zdravko Rajić, Ljubica Rajić, Marko Rajić, Božo Rajić, Roman Rajić, Dane Rajić, Borna Rajić, Hrvoje Rajić

Mentions in sources

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

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