Surname Getto in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Getto live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Zagreb (10), Beli Manastir (<5), Valpovo (<5), and in Marijanci in Belisce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Getto (including: Ghietto , Gettoo and Ghetto ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Getto " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 500 in Tajikistan , and some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lidija Getto, Dražen Getto, Dragutin Getto, Ksenija Getto, Davor Getto, Mihaela Getto, Gabrijela Getto, Tin Getto, Mira Getto, Đurđica Getto, Astrid Getto, Tanja Getto, Dragan Getto, Matija Getto, Žiga Getto, Ivica Getto, Oton Getto, Rudolf Getto, Krunoslav Getto

Mentions in sources

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.

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