Surname Ranić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Ranić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Rijeka (<10), Josavica (<10), Petrinja (<10), and in Novska (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ranić (including: Ranich , Ranick , Rannick , Ranic , Heranic , Ranitsch , Hranich and Ranics ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Ranic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France. "Ranich " is used by some 100 people in Cambodia , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Ranick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Anka Ranić, Branka Ranić, Zdravko Ranić, Ilija Ranić, Milivoj Ranić, Jasenka Ranić, Ljiljana Ranić, Gordana Ranić, Jasmina Ranić, Jelena Ranić, Branko Ranić, Dragan Ranić, Ančica Ranić, Romana Ranić, Goran Ranić, Mirko Ranić, Željko Ranić, Krešimir Ranić, Nenad Ranić

Mentions in sources

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.

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