Gretić Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Gretić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gretić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2541:16,6483,357
Slovenia181:138,20413,237
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Gretic (23) are calculated separately.

Gretić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gretić is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Gretic. Click here for further possible spellings of Gretić.

How Common Is The Last Name Gretić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 953,750th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gretić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Gretić is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is borne by 254 people, or 1 in 16,648. In Croatia it is mostly found in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 35 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 26 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 11 percent are found. Barring Croatia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 7 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gretic9423/
Grgetić9286/
Grzetić9213/
Grestić922/
Grotić8385/
Gertić831/
Grzetic77118/
Grzetič7775/
Gretich774/
Grgetič773/
Grgetich7115/
Gritic6715/
Gertiz674/
Gratiz673/
Gritiz672/
Gretitsch671/
Gertic670/
Gertich6251/
Gärtitz6233/
Ghertic622/
Greatez622/
Gertiez621/
Grotets621/
Grittiz621/
Giertich575/
Grittich571/
Grittiths5314/
Grothitts530/
Gertez5078/
Gratez504/
Gritez502/
Grotez500/

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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
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  • 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 Gretić
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