Surname Rajko in modern Croatia

Rajko families are Croats and they are mostly from Porec area. The surname Rajko is of origin from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Porec area. In places Rajki and Marasi in Porec area every third inhabitant had the family name Rajko.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Rajko live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Pula (40), Rajki in Porec area (40), Rovinj (15), Kringa in Pazin area (10), and in Porec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rajko (including: Rayko , Rayco , Raiko , Reikko , Raycho , Reiko , Reico and Reicho ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. "Rayco " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 200 in Peru , and small number of people in the United States. "Reico " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Rajko, Branko Rajko, Alen Rajko, Eugen Rajko, Giuseppina Rajko, Anton Rajko, Dario Rajko, Eda Rajko, Ivan Rajko, Elvis Rajko, Sandi Rajko, Sandra Rajko, Zdenka Rajko, Nada Rajko, Sonja Rajko, Slobodan Rajko, Nataša Rajko, Vladimir Rajko, Mara Rajko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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