Surname Maretić in modern Croatia

Maretić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Podumci in Drnis area every second inhabitant had the family name Maretić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Maretić live in Croatia today, in 490 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 87 other places, mostly in Split (235), Zagreb (130), Kraj in Sinj area (125), Kupinec in Jastrebarsko area (70), and in Sibenik (60).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Sweden (1), Australia (1), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Maretić (including: Maretic , Maretich and Maretick ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Maretic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in Afghanistan , and small number of people in the United States. "Maretich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Maretick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edita Maretić, Žarko Maretić, Marija Maretić, Tomislav Maretić, Mirko Maretić, Tatjana Maretić, Lino Maretić, Branko Maretić, Renato Maretić, Dorina Maretić, Ante Maretić, Marijo Maretić, Ivan Maretić, Dražan Maretić, Marijan Maretić, Ivana Maretić, Meri Maretić, Nikica Maretić, Krešimir Maretić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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