Surname Buretić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Buretić families are almost entirely Croats (from Slunj area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb in Slunj area and in Pričac, Lužani.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Buretić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Dugo Selo (<10), Boljun in Buzet area (<10), Pazin (<10), and in Plaski in Slunj area (<10).

Outside Croatia

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

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Buretić, Boris Buretić, Vinko Buretić, Zlata Buretić, Marko Buretić, Karlo Buretić, Nikša Buretić, Sanja Buretić, Ivana Buretić, Ana Buretić, Barbara Buretić, Josip Buretić, Ljiljana Buretić, Milan Buretić, Rajko Buretić, Marina Buretić, Jurica Buretić, Jakov Buretić, Miran Buretić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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