Goretić Surname

851,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goretić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goretić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina2431:14,5532,773
Serbia591:121,1019,095
Croatia151:281,90728,677
Slovenia41:621,91923,710

The alternate forms: Goretic (46) are calculated separately.

Goretić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Goretić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Goretić is found most frequently in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Goretic. Click here to see other potential spellings of Goretić.

How Common Is The Last Name Goretić? popularity and diffusion

The last name Goretić is the 851,613th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. Goretić is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Goretić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 14,553. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is primarily found in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent reside and Republika Srpska, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 18 percent reside and Croatia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goretic9546/
Garetić869/
Goretics8012/
Goretich8011/
Oretiz775/
Orzetic7128/
Garotić7120/
Goretez712/
Guretich671/
Goretetse6355/
Oritiz6265/
Aretiz6216/
Aretic621/
Geratič5738/
Oroitic571/
Oretetse531/
Gareteche501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goretić
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