Surname Ravnić in modern Croatia

Ravnić families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pazin. In Lesišćina in Buzet area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ravnić.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Ravnić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 12 Croatian cities and 21 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Liznjan in Pula area (20), in Lupoglav (15) and Lesiscina (15) in Buzet area, and in Zagreb (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (3), France (2), the United States (2), Canada (2), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Ravnić (including: Ravnic , Ravnich , Rawnick and Rawnich ) is present in 9 countries on two continents. The family name "Ravnic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Rawnich " is used by few people in the United States. "Rawnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dora Ravnić, Anton Ravnić, Nenad Ravnić, Eda Ravnić, Dino Ravnić, Erna Ravnić, Alen Ravnić, Radivoj Ravnić, Silvija Ravnić, Robert Ravnić, Darko Ravnić, Đurđica Ravnić, Dalibor Ravnić, Boris Ravnić, Samantha Ravnić, Morena Ravnić, Željko Ravnić, Elio Ravnić, Valentina Ravnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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