Surname Svetić in modern Croatia

Svetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Novi Vinodolski.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Svetić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Rijeka (60), Novi Vinodolski (55), Zagreb (55), Gospic (30), and in Licki Novi (25).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (2), Canada (2), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Svetić (including: Svetic , Svetich , Swetich , Szvetics , Svetych , Swetitsch , Svetichan , Svetics , Swetic and Svetitsch ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Svetic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Canada. "Svetich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 50 in Russian Federation. "Swetich " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Svetić, Zlatko Svetić, Denis Svetić, Slavica Svetić, Dragan Svetić, Matija Svetić, Renata Svetić, Ivan Svetić, Jure Svetić, Frane Svetić, Branko Svetić, Jasna Svetić, Damir Svetić, Petar Svetić, Željko Svetić, Ivka Svetić, Vedran Svetić, Dunja Svetić, Tihomir Svetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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