Surname Ravlić in modern Croatia

Ravlić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to some sources they are from dalmatinske zagore (Poljica, near Vrgorca). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Vrgorac. In places Poljica Kozička and Kozica in Vrgorac every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ravlić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Ravlić live in Croatia today, in 490 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 54 cities and 79 other places, mostly in Zagreb (320), Makarska (185), Sesvete (80), Split (75), and in Slavonski Brod (75).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ravlić (including: Ravlic , Ravlich , Rawlick and Rawlyck ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Ravlich " is used by some 100 people in New Zealand , about 90 in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Rawlick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Ravlić, Željko Ravlić, Slaven Ravlić, Nenad Ravlić, Mato Ravlić, Slavica Ravlić, Ivan Ravlić, Josip Ravlić, Miroslav Ravlić, Željka Ravlić, Vladimir Ravlić, Dominko Ravlić, Petar Ravlić, Fides Ravlić, Zlatko Ravlić, Pero Ravlić, Bruno Ravlić, Ankica Ravlić, Tomislav Ravlić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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