Surname Pretić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pretić families are Croats by relative majority (from Slatina area ), less frequently Serbs, and very rarely Bosniaks (from Zapresic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Slatina area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pretić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located and two other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Mirkovci (<10), Cadjavica in Slatina area (<5), Zapresic (<5), and in Ostrovo in Vinkovci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pretić (including: Pretic , Peretic , Pretich , Peretich and Peretick ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Pretich " is used by few people in the United States. "Peretic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Peretich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Pretić, Ines Pretić, Svetlana Pretić, Miro Pretić, Teodor Pretić, Jovan Pretić, Biserka Pretić, Jasmina Pretić, Manuela Pretić, Marko Pretić, Nikola Pretić, Blanka Pretić, Jelica Pretić, Bogdanka Pretić, Slavka Pretić, Danica Pretić, Kata Pretić, Miroslav Pretić, Željko Pretić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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