Račić (surname) explained

Račić (Serbian: Рачић) is a Serbo-Croatian family name.

Račići are mostly of Croatian ethnicity – in Croatia, about 800 persons in 250 households bear this name – and only rarely Serbs (from the Banja Luka area, BiH) or Bosniaks (from Cazin, BiH).^[1]

Notable people with this name include:

• Aleksandra Račić (born 1990), Serbian basketball player
• Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Serbian military commander
• Jakša Račić (1868–1943), Yugoslav National Party politician
• Josip Račić (1885–1908), Croatian painter
• Krešo Račić (1932–1994), Croatian hammer thrower
• Marko Račič (1920–2022), Slovenian track and field athlete
• Puniša Račić (1886–1944), Montenegrin Serb Chetnik leader
• Stevan Račić (born 1984), Serbian footballer
• Uroš Račić (born 1998), Serbian footballer

See also

• Račić and Račići, two villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina bearing the same name (singular and plural)
• Racić (surname)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Račić . imehrvatsko.net . November 28, 2015. hr. Račići su najčešće Hrvati, većim dijelom s otoka Hvara,… (Račići are mostly Croats and mainly from the island of Hvar,…).