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Surname Moretić in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Moretić families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik. In Gromača in Dubrovnik every eighth inhabitant had the family name Moretić.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Moretić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 8 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (25), Gromaca (20), Orasac (15), Zaton (<10), and in Mokosica (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Moretić (including: Moretic , Moretich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Moretich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ilija Moretić,
Antun Moretić,
Pero Moretić,
Nike Moretić,
Lea Moretić,
Mario Moretić,
Ivo Moretić,
Irena Moretić,
Nedjeljko Moretić,
Ankica Moretić,
Ivana Moretić,
Srećko Moretić,
Lukša Moretić,
Tereza Moretić,
Marija Moretić,
Anka Moretić,
Tomislav Moretić,
Nino Moretić,
Dario Moretić