Moretić Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Moretić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 48 | 1:88,096 | 14,714 |
| Serbia | 8 | 1:893,118 | 28,088 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Moretic (25) are calculated separately.
Moretić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moretić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moretić is more frequently found in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Moretic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moretić? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Moretić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 88,096. In Croatia Moretić is primarily concentrated in: Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 96 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 2 percent reside and Istria County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Croatia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 14 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moretic | 95 | 25 | / |
| Maretić | 86 | 1,258 | / |
| Muretić | 86 | 88 | / |
| Moratić | 86 | 2 | / |
| Margetić | 80 | 1,311 | / |
| Moretich | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mauretić | 80 | 4 | / |
| Marettić | 80 | 3 | / |
| Maretic | 71 | 126 | / |
| Muretic | 71 | 41 | / |
| Marotić | 71 | 17 | / |
| Maretič | 71 | 14 | / |
| Moritiz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moretez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Margitić | 67 | 190 | / |
| Maretich | 67 | 140 | / |
| Maretics | 67 | 81 | / |
| Muretich | 67 | 24 | / |
| Muretics | 67 | 15 | / |
| Margetič | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mauretic | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maretici | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moritich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Margetich | 63 | 182 | / |
| Maretitse | 63 | 1 | / |
| Meritiz | 57 | 9 | / |
| Maritiz | 57 | 4 | / |
| Moritec | 57 | 1 | / |
| Marotiz | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maretech | 53 | 25 | / |
| Meretycz | 53 | 6 | / |
| Maretycz | 53 | 4 | / |
| Margitič | 53 | 3 | / |
| Mohratez | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mouritez | 53 | 1 | / |
| Maritich | 53 | 1 | / |
| Margitich | 50 | 133 | / |
| Maretetse | 50 | 4 | / |
| Morhytych | 50 | 2 | / |
| Marhetych | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Moretić
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