Surname Rakinić in modern Croatia

Rakinić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slunj.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Rakinić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Karlovac (15), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Sracinec in Varazdin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rakinić is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Rakinic " is used by small number of people in the Philippines and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alina Rakinić, Vedran Rakinić, Ljuban Rakinić, Danijela Rakinić, Igor Rakinić, Dejan Rakinić, Gordana Rakinić, Biljana Rakinić, Srđan Rakinić, Danijel Rakinić, Marko Rakinić, Dragan Rakinić, Ivana Rakinić, Kristina Rakinić, Veselin Rakinić, Mića Rakinić, Mile Rakinić, Zlatko Rakinić, Vladimir Rakinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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