Surname Ratkaj in modern Croatia

Ratkaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Varazdin. In Vuksani in Ozalj every second inhabitant had the family name Ratkaj.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Ratkaj live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Karlovac (20), Lepoglava (20), Gacice (20), Zagreb (20), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ratkaj (including: Ratkai , Ratkay ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Ratkaj " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Ratkay " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Ratkai " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Ratkaj, Ivan Ratkaj, Darko Ratkaj, Slavica Ratkaj, Ljubica Ratkaj, Juraj Ratkaj, Valent Ratkaj, Dragutin Ratkaj, Bojan Ratkaj, Damir Ratkaj, Romana Ratkaj, Božica Ratkaj, Karmica Ratkaj, Roberta Ratkaj, Mirjana Ratkaj, Dejan Ratkaj, Marijana Ratkaj, Mario Ratkaj, Tihomir Ratkaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1679 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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