Surname Luetić in modern Croatia

Luetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. According to some sources they are from Dubrovnik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Makarska area. In Župa in Makarska area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Luetić.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Luetić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (100), Zagreb (50), Makarska (15), Krivodol in Imotski area (10), and in Solin (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Luetić (including: Luetic , Luetich , Luettich and Luethic ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Luetich " is used by some 200 people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Luettich " is used by some 300 people in Germany and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Luetić, Josip Luetić, Tihana Luetić, Radoslav Luetić, Vladimir Luetić, Ante Luetić, Tomislav Luetić, Bruno Luetić, Žarko Luetić, Marin Luetić, Davor Luetić, Leo Luetić, Goran Luetić, Nikola Luetić, Niveska Luetić, Pavica Luetić, Stjepan Luetić, Matko Luetić, Ivana Luetić

Mentions in sources

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

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