Ljubetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sutivan on the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Jastrebarsko. In Hrastje Plešivičko in Jastrebarsko every third inhabitant had the family name Ljubetić.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Ljubetić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Split (55), Sutivan on the Island of Brac (50), Rijeka (20), Hrastje Plesivicko (15), and in Zagreb (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Ljubetić (including: Ljubetic , Ljubetich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.