Surname Roksandić in modern Croatia

Roksandić families can be both Serbs and Croats (Glina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Zrinski Brđani in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Roksandić.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Roksandić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Sisak (20), Balinac (15), Koprivnica (15), and in Saseva (10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (3), the United States (2), Switzerland (1), Sweden (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Roksandić (including: Roksandic , Roksandich , Roxandich and Rocksandich ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Roksandic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Australia. "Roksandich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rocksandich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Biserka Roksandić, Dean Roksandić, Aljoša Roksandić, Goran Roksandić, Drago Roksandić, Branko Roksandić, Nenad Roksandić, Hrvoje Roksandić, Željko Roksandić, Suzana Roksandić, Aleksandar Roksandić, Danijela Roksandić, Saša Roksandić, Draženko Roksandić, Siniša Roksandić, Jadranka Roksandić, Anica Roksandić, Zinka Roksandić, Mario Roksandić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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