Surname Metić in modern Croatia

Metić families are Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Orahovica. In Ovčare in Orahovica area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Metić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Metić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Ovcare in Orahovica area (20), Podcrkavlje in Slavonski Brod area (20), Slavonski Brod (15), Kutjevo in Orahovica area (15), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Metić (including: Metic , Metiche , Mettichi , Methric and Metych ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. "Methric " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Metych " is used by small number of people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Branko Metić, Marijan Metić, Snježana Metić, Predrag Metić, Nenad Metić, Damir Metić, Željko Metić, Alen Metić, Maja Metić, Siniša Metić, Ivan Metić, Dragan Metić, Zlatko Metić, Antun Metić, Božidar Metić, Dubravka Metić, Renata Metić, Dalibor Metić, Josip Metić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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