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Surname Rukavina in modern Croatia
Rukavina families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic and Perusic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Gospic. In places Konjsko Brdo and Kosa Janjačka in Gospic area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Rukavina.
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Prevalence
About 3200 people with faimily name Rukavina live in Croatia today, in 1500 households. There were 3200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 82 cities and 251 other places, mostly in Zagreb (875), Gospic (195), Rijeka (180), Osijek (70), and in Zadar (65).
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Outside Croatia
At least 85 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (27), Canada (21), the United States (12), Australia (8), Austria (6), Sweden (3), France (3), the Netherlands (2), Switzerland (2), and to Brazil (1).
Family name Rukavina is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Rukavina " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in Canada.
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Characteristic first names
Mile Rukavina,
Igor Rukavina,
Krešimir Rukavina,
Tomislav Rukavina,
Božica Rukavina,
Tanja Rukavina,
Zdenko Rukavina,
Antun Rukavina,
Hrvoje Rukavina,
Daniel Rukavina,
Ivana Rukavina,
Marcela Rukavina,
Sanja Rukavina,
Biserka Rukavina,
Luka Rukavina,
Željko Rukavina,
Jadranka Rukavina,
Dragan Rukavina,
Ivan Rukavina
