Prekratić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Osijek area. In Dugnjevec in Pregrada area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Prekratić.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Prekratić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Ivanovac in Osijek area (25), Dugnjevec in Pregrada area (20), Virovitica (15), and in Podgora in Pregrada area (15).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Austria (1) and the United States (1). Family name Prekratić is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.