In Croatia, Kmetović families are almost entirely Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), barely Albanians (from Dubrovnik ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Banići in Dubrovnik area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kmetović.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Kmetović live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 11 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (30), Banici in Dubrovnik area (20), Zagreb (<10), Slano in Dubrovnik area (<10), and in Petrinja (<5).
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.