Surname Ranogajec in modern Croatia

Ranogajec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and in Krapina area. In Brdo Jesenjsko in Krapina area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ranogajec.

Prevalence

About 660 people with faimily name Ranogajec live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (140), in Brdo Jesenjsko (60) and Radoboj (40) in Krapina area, Osijek (30), and in Nasice (25).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Switzerland (2), the United States (2), Canada (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Ranogajec is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Ranogajec " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Darko Ranogajec, Ana Ranogajec, Silva Ranogajec, Franjo Ranogajec, Mario Ranogajec, Josip Ranogajec, Tihomir Ranogajec, Zvonko Ranogajec, Zrinka Ranogajec, Branko Ranogajec, Vjekoslav Ranogajec, Dubravko Ranogajec, Ivan Ranogajec, Goran Ranogajec, Melita Ranogajec, Ljubica Ranogajec, Damir Ranogajec, Marijan Ranogajec, Ivica Ranogajec

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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