Surname Lovrečić in modern Croatia

Lovrečić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Cres. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula. In Grmov on the Island of Cres nearly every inhabitant had the family name Lovrečić.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Lovrečić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Jakovici in Pazin area (25), Pula (15), Cres on the Island of Cres (15), and in Cerna in Zupanja area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), Argentina (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Lovrečić (including: Lovrecic , Lovrecich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Lovrecic " is used by small number of people in Italy , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Lovrecich " is used by some 70 people in Italy , small number in Venezuela , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Lovrečić, Biljana Lovrečić, Zlatko Lovrečić, Davorka Lovrečić, Lino Lovrečić, Ilario Lovrečić, Nataša Lovrečić, Bruno Lovrečić, Ivica Lovrečić, Martina Lovrečić, Snježana Lovrečić, Suzana Lovrečić, Lorena Lovrečić, Robert Lovrečić, Darija Lovrečić, Mirko Lovrečić, Gordana Lovrečić, Anamarija Lovrečić, Marina Lovrečić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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