Čretni families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Čretni live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Lepoglava (75), Zagreb (25), Slavonski Brod (15), and in Ruscica (10) and Gornja Vrba (<10) in Slavonski Brod area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Čretni is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.