Surname Rapo in modern Croatia

Rapo families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Banja Luka area (Bosnia), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Rapo live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Rijeka (15), Knin (15), and in Drljaca (10) and Cetvrtkovac (10) in Hrvatska Kostajnica area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Rapo (including: Rapoo , Rappo , Herapo , Rrapo , Rapho and Rahpo ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Rapo " is used by some 400 people in Finland , about 200 in Albania , and some 100 people in the United States. "Rappo " is used by some 400 people in Italy , about 300 in Switzerland , and some 100 people in the United States. "Rapoo " is used by some 3000 people in South Africa , about 800 in Botswana , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Rapo, Miloš Rapo, Vesna Rapo, Mirjana Rapo, Tanja Rapo, Mara Rapo, Pavo Rapo, Franjo Rapo, Zora Rapo, Vedrana Rapo, Nikola Rapo, Rade Rapo, Anto Rapo, Stevan Rapo, Josip Rapo, Jozefina Rapo, Ivica Rapo, Robert Rapo, Dalila Rapo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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