Surname Koretić in modern Croatia

Koretić families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdinske Toplice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice area and in Zagreb. In Popovec Kalnički in Varazdinske Toplice area every second inhabitant had the family name Koretić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Koretić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Popovec Kalnicki in Varazdinske Toplice area (40), Zagreb (25), Krizevci (15), Obrez Kalnicki in Varazdinske Toplice area (<10), and in Guscerovec in Krizevci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Koretić (including: Koretic , Koretich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Koretic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number of people in the United States. "Koretich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Koretić, Branko Koretić, Marina Koretić, Irena Koretić, Željko Koretić, Ivan Koretić, Kruno Koretić, Dubravko Koretić, Martina Koretić, Ivica Koretić, Franjo Koretić, Dubravka Koretić, Milena Koretić, Zdravko Koretić, Renato Koretić, Štefanija Koretić, Ana Koretić, Darko Koretić, Dražen Koretić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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