Surname Ružičanin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ružičanin families are Croats (from Vrgorac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Ružičanin live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Umcani (25), Opuzen (<10), Vrgorac (<5), Ploce (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ružičanin is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Ružičanin, Ana Ružičanin, Miroslav Ružičanin, Martina Ružičanin, Marina Ružičanin, Mili Ružičanin, Jakov Ružičanin, Ines Ružičanin, Tina Ružičanin, Ante Ružičanin, Jelica Ružičanin, Milka Ružičanin, Đino Ružičanin, Toni Ružičanin, Jelena Ružičanin, Milica Ružičanin, Joza Ružičanin, Matija Ružičanin, Grgo Ružičanin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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