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Surname Rauch in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Rauch families are generally Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), very rarely Italians (from Pula ), and barely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Gornji Šajn in Vrbovsko area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Rauch.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Rauch live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Osijek (<10), Pula (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Buje (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Rauch is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Rauch " is used by some 30000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Austria.
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Characteristic first names
Slavko Rauch,
Stjepan Rauch,
Omero Rauch,
Vladimir Rauch,
Zvonimir Rauch,
Branko Rauch,
Andrijana Rauch,
Božidar Rauch,
Boris Rauch,
Jasminka Rauch,
Pavao Rauch,
Levin Rauch,
Robert Rauch,
Karmen Rauch,
Melani Rauch,
Ivana Rauch,
Davorin Rauch,
Ivan Rauch,
Jan Rauch
