Surname Ritossa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ritossa families are mainly Croats (from Buje area ), equally Italians (also from Buje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buje area and in Porec.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Ritossa live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Porec (<10), in Vizinada (<10) and Bukori (<5) in Buje area, Visnjan in Porec area (<5), and in Rojci in Novigrad area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ritossa is present in 11 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Silvano Ritossa, Doris Ritossa, Ruža Ritossa, Marta Ritossa, Kristian Ritossa, Nella Ritossa, Rita Ritossa, Tanja Ritossa, Emanuela Ritossa, Dubravka Ritossa, Riccardo Ritossa, Ada Ritossa, Mario Ritossa, Ljubica Ritossa, Maksimilian Ritossa, Roberto Ritossa, Angelo Ritossa, Feruccio Ritossa, Antonio Ritossa

Mentions in sources

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

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