In Croatia, Ameti families are predominantly Albanians (from Rovinj ), very rarely Turks (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kosovo.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Ameti live in Croatia today, in 30 households. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Rovinj (20), Jastrebarsko (15), Donji Miholjac (10), and in Samobor (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.