Surname Ranković in modern Croatia

Ranković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina (village Rankovici near Novi Travnik) or Zumberak, often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Ranković live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Bijelo Brdo in Vinkovci area (20), Varazdin (<10), Sracinec in Varazdin area (<10), and in Trpinja in Vukovar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ranković (including: Rankovic , Rankovich , Rankowicz and Rankowich ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Rankovic " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Libya. "Rankovich " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine , small number of people in Venezuela. "Rankowich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Ranković, Miroslav Ranković, Zlatomir Ranković, Željko Ranković, Gordana Ranković, Davor Ranković, Mihailo Ranković, Ivana Ranković, Saša Ranković, Branko Ranković, Darko Ranković, Nataša Ranković, Martina Ranković, Nina Ranković, Snježana Ranković, Zdravko Ranković, Ines Ranković, Alen Ranković, Matija Ranković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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