Rečić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Zagreb. In Sredanci in Djakovo area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Rečić.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Rečić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Sredanci in Djakovo area (35), Zagreb (30), Oprisavci in Slavonski Brod area (15), Vinkovci (<10), and in Slavonski Brod (<10).
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.