Surname Puretić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Puretić families are Croats (from Dugo Selo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Puretić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Laktec (<10), Sesvete (<5), Velika Ostrna (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puretić is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Puretić, Zvonimir Puretić, Dražen Puretić, Krunoslav Puretić, Štefanija Puretić, Valentina Puretić, Katica Puretić, Tamara Puretić, Sandra Puretić, Kristijan Puretić, Božidar Puretić, Mario Puretić, Vjekoslav Puretić, Štefica Puretić, Kristina Puretić, Tomislav Puretić, Višnjica Puretić, Mirjana Puretić, Dubravko Puretić

Mentions in sources

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.

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