Surname Rakas in modern Croatia

Rakas families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Glina , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Zut in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Rakas.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Rakas live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (20), Pula (15), Petrinja (10), and in Mali Miletinac in Daruvar area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rakas (including: Rakasz , Rakash , Rakkas , Rakaas , Rackas , Rrakash , Rakhas , Rakass and Rackass ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Rakas " is used by some 300 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in the United States , and some 90 people in South Africa. "Rackas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rackass " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Rakas, Brankica Rakas, Miroslav Rakas, Zoran Rakas, Katarina Rakas, Danijela Rakas, Ranka Rakas, Mihajlo Rakas, Sandra Rakas, Goran Rakas, Branislav Rakas, Dušan Rakas, Pavle Rakas, Renata Rakas, Predrag Rakas, Stanislav Rakas, Ivana Rakas, Borislav Rakas, Nataša Rakas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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