Rakitić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja area and in Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 250 people with faimily name Rakitić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 230 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 18 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Sikirevci in Zupanja area (115), Slavonski Brod (35), Zagreb (30), Osijek (30), and in Semeljci in Djakovo area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rakitić (including: Rakitic , Rakitich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.