In Croatia, Rapajić families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci and in Otocac area.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Rapajić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Vinkovci (10), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Rudanovac in Otocac area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rapajić is present in 7 countries on three continents.
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.