In Croatia, Retich families are Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Retich live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Podgorac (<5) and Razbojiste (<5) in Nasice area, and in Nasice (<5).
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.