Surname Raukar in modern Croatia

Raukar families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Delnice. In Belo in Delnice every seventh inhabitant had the family name Raukar.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Raukar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Zagreb (10), Crni Lug (<10), Malo Selo (<10), and in Lokve in Delnice area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Raukar is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Raukar " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Raukar, Melita Raukar, Romeo Raukar, Željko Raukar, Jelena Raukar, Ingrid Raukar, Hrvoje Raukar, Mike Raukar, Vjenceslav Raukar, Stanko Raukar, Iva Raukar, Marija Raukar, Leon Raukar, Sanja Raukar, Mladen Raukar, Stela Raukar, Emica Raukar, Fredi Raukar, Đurđica Raukar

Mentions in sources

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

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