Surname Dreta in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dreta families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vrbovec area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Dreta live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), in Cugovec (<10), Repinec (<10) and Lubena (<5) in Vrbovec area, and in Stara Ploscica in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dreta (including: Dereta , Dretta and Deretta ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Dereta " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Dreta, Ivica Dreta, Božidar Dreta, Dražen Dreta, Branislava Dreta, Dragica Dreta, Suzana Dreta, Petar Dreta, Marijo Dreta, Kristina Dreta, Ivan Dreta, Franjo Dreta, Ivanka Dreta, Stjepan Dreta, Tomislav Dreta, Milan Dreta, Željko Dreta, Srećka Dreta, Jasna Dreta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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