In Croatia, Jeretić families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Jeretić live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Sracinec (<5) and Svibovec Podravski (<5) in Varazdin area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Jeretić is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Jeretic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.