Surname Rakasović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rakasović families are Croats by relative majority (from Duga Resa ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja. In Klinac in Petrinja every eighth inhabitant had the family name Rakasović.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Rakasović live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and another small place , mostly in Duga Resa (<10), Zagreb (<5), Petrinja (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Sunja in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rakasović is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Rakasovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nedeljka Rakasović, Ljubomir Rakasović, Branko Rakasović, Biserka Rakasović, Zlatica Rakasović, Stevan Rakasović, Nikola Rakasović, Petar Rakasović, Stana Rakasović, Adam Rakasović, Anica Rakasović, Zorka Rakasović, Draga Rakasović, Neda Rakasović, Dragica Rakasović, Stjepan Rakasović, Kuzman Rakasović, Dušanka Rakasović, Ljubica Rakasović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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