Rakušić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Metkovic.
Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Rakušić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Dusina (80), Piskorevci (40), Ploce (25), Makarska (15), and in Split (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rakušić is present in two countries on two continents.
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.