Surname Ratajec in modern Croatia

Ratajec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Ratajec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Djurdjevac (10), Cakovec (10), Vratisinec in Mursko Sredisce area (10), and in Kladare in Djurdjevac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Argentina (2) and the United States (2).
Family name Ratajec is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Darko Ratajec, Katica Ratajec, Ivan Ratajec, Stjepan Ratajec, Josip Ratajec, Predrag Ratajec, Damir Ratajec, Zvjezdana Ratajec, Snježana Ratajec, Marin Ratajec, Zoran Ratajec, Dragutin Ratajec, Danijel Ratajec, Marijana Ratajec, Alenka Ratajec, Kristina Ratajec, Ana Ratajec, Nikola Ratajec, Ankica Ratajec

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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