Surname Kretić in modern Croatia

Kretić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Ivanec area. In Zaselje in Bosnian Krajina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kretić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Kretić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Kutina (15), Osijek (<10), Donje Ladanje in Ivanec area (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Sunja in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kretić (including: Kretich , Kretic ) is present in five countries on two continents. "Kretich " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Viktor Kretić, Boro Kretić, Draga Kretić, Radovan Kretić, Kristijan Kretić, Damir Kretić, Ranko Kretić, Katarina Kretić, Drago Kretić, Josip Kretić, Sanja Kretić, Jadranka Kretić, Lidija Kretić, Vlatka Kretić, Marijan Kretić, Miroslav Kretić, Juraj Kretić, Zdenka Kretić, Zdenko Kretić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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