Surname Rončević in modern Croatia

Rončević families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Benkovac area. In Jasenice in Benkovac area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Rončević.

Prevalence

About 1800 people with faimily name Rončević live in Croatia today, in 750 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 71 cities and 130 other places, mostly in Zagreb (295), Zadar (155), Rijeka (85), Sibenik (85), and in Split (60).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rončević (including: Roncevic , Roncevich and Roncewicz ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Roncevic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia. "Roncevich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in France. "Roncewicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Berislav Rončević, Ante Rončević, Dobrica Rončević, Igor Rončević, Anita Rončević, Duje Rončević, Mijo Rončević, Nelsi Rončević, Hrvoje Rončević, Marina Rončević, Nena Rončević, Tihana Rončević, Živko Rončević, Sanda Rončević, Sanja Rončević, Krešimir Rončević, Goran Rončević, Nataša Rončević, Zdravko Rončević

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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