Surname Kuretić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kuretić families are Croats (from Krizevci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krizevci. In Žibrinovec in Krizevci every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kuretić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kuretić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zibrinovec (10), Sesvete (10), Zagreb (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Cakovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuretić (including: Kuretich , Kuretic ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Kuretich " is used by some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Kuretić, Hrvoje Kuretić, Ivan Kuretić, Petar Kuretić, Davorin Kuretić, Goran Kuretić, Damir Kuretić, Martina Kuretić, Stjepan Kuretić, Tomo Kuretić, Nikola Kuretić, Branimir Kuretić, Nataša Kuretić, Bogdan Kuretić, Branko Kuretić, Đurđa Kuretić, Elvira Kuretić, Višnja Kuretić, Franjo Kuretić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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