Surname Rucić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rucić families are Croats (from Knin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Janjevo, Kosovo and in Kosovo.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Rucić live in Croatia today, in 9 households.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (30), Kistanje in Knin area (10), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rucić (including: Ruzic , Ruzich , Rucic , Ruzick , Ruchicha , Rucich , Ruchichi , Ruzicho , Ruzics and Ruzyc ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Rucic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rucich " is used by few people in the United States. "Ruzic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 900 in Germany , and some 500 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Rucić, Anđelina Rucić, Frana Rucić, Marijana Rucić, Robert Rucić, Snježana Rucić, Sandra Rucić, Nikola Rucić, Dalibor Rucić, Dubravka Rucić, Monika Rucić, Antun Rucić, Antonija Rucić, Đusta Rucić, Marta Rucić, Češko Rucić, Marija Rucić, Pavle Rucić, Tonina Rucić

Mentions in sources

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

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