Surname Ratko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ratko families are generally Croats (from Kastav ), very rarely Hungarians (from Osijek area ), and barely Slovenes (also from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Jalševec Nartski in Dugo Selo area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ratko.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Ratko live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sesvete (10), Bilje in Osijek area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Kastav (<10), and in Dobrodol (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ratko (including: Ratcho , Hratko and Ratchko ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Ratko " is used by some 200 people in Belarus , about 200 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in the United States. "Ratchko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hratko " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoltan Ratko, Marijana Ratko, Jolanda Ratko, Marija Ratko, Nenad Ratko, Katica Ratko, Renata Ratko, Biserka Ratko, Neven Ratko, Franjo Ratko, Mandica Ratko, Janoš Ratko, Vlado Ratko, Mladen Ratko, Ružica Ratko, Zlata Ratko, Aleksandar Ratko, Stjepan Ratko, Martina Ratko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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