Orečić families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb. In places Gorica Jamnička and Desni Štefanki in Jastrebarsko area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Orečić.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Orečić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), in Desni Stefanki (30) and Gorica Jamnicka (15) in Jastrebarsko area, Lijevi Stefanki in Glina area (10), and in Desno Sredicko in Jastrebarsko area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Orečić is present in four countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
