Pankretić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb. In Gaj in Vrbovec every tenth inhabitant had the family name Pankretić.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Pankretić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and 13 other places, mostly in Vrbovec (25), Gaj (15), Lovrecka Velika (<10), Visoko in Novi Marof area (<5), and in Lukovo (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pankretić is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Pankretic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.