Surname Goreta in modern Croatia

Goreta families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and in Drnis area.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Goreta live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Split (190), Zagreb (90), Ruzic in Drnis area (85), Sibenik (60), and in Kadina Glavica (30).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Goreta (including: Gorreta , Gorretta , Goretta and Ghoretha ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Goreta " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Indonesia. "Goretta " is used by some 90 people in Argentina , small number in Italy , and small number of people in Switzerland , small number of people in the United States. "Gorretta " is used by some 70 people in the United States and about 70 in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Goreta, Marko Goreta, Hrvoje Goreta, Miroslav Goreta, Aleksandra Goreta, Ivor Goreta, Zvonko Goreta, Dražen Goreta, Ivan Goreta, Ana Goreta, Terezija Goreta, Josip Goreta, Tilda Goreta, Matija Goreta, Mirko Goreta, Eduard Goreta, Branko Goreta, Renato Goreta, Smilja Goreta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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