Surname Baretić in modern Croatia

Baretić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Baretić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Rijeka (40), Grizane-Belgrad in Novi Vinodolski area (30), Zagreb (25), Crikvenica (10), and in Garesnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (6) and Australia (1).
Family name Baretić (including: Baretic , Baretich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Baretich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Maja Baretić, Marko Baretić, Renato Baretić, Avelino Baretić, Davor Baretić, Vladimir Baretić, Darko Baretić, Dražen Baretić, Lucijan Baretić, Neva Baretić, Kristina Baretić, Vlatka Baretić, Livija Baretić, Tomislav Baretić, Ernest Baretić, Ljiljana Baretić, Berislav Baretić, Ljubinko Baretić, Dean Baretić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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