Surname Rakoš in modern Croatia

Rakoš families are Croats and they are mostly from Cazma. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina and in Zagreb. In Cerina in Cazma every eighth inhabitant had the family name Rakoš.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Rakoš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Zagreb (15), Cerina (10), Slatina (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rakoš (including: Rakos , Rákossy , Rackos , Rákos , Rakoshi , Rakosh , Racos and Rakoss ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Rakos " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 900 in the United States , and some 400 people in Czech Republic. "Rackos " is used by some 50 people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Rakoss " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Rakoš, Damir Rakoš, Snježana Rakoš, Maja Rakoš, Svjetlana Rakoš, Ida Rakoš, Miroslav Rakoš, Darko Rakoš, Dragutin Rakoš, Antun Rakoš, Slađana Rakoš, Željko Rakoš, Jasna Rakoš, Saša Rakoš, Mijo Rakoš, Zdenka Rakoš, Marija Rakoš, Tomislav Rakoš, Marin Rakoš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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