Surname Acketa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Acketa families are mainly Croats (from Duga Resa ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Gospic.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Acketa live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), Virovitica (<5), Gospic (<5), and in Duga Resa (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Acketa (including: Accetta , Azketa and Acceta ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Acketa " is used by few people in the United States. "Accetta " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 1000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Marko Acketa, Franjo Acketa, Bernard Acketa, Leo Acketa, Ana Acketa, Lorena Acketa, Aleksandar Acketa, Zdravko Acketa, Milka Acketa, Jeka Acketa, Jovan Acketa, Ljuban Acketa, Milenko Acketa, Nikola Acketa, Mira Acketa, Jasminka Acketa, Vladimir Acketa, Andrejas Acketa, Andrijana Acketa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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