Baotić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Orasje area) and in Zupanja. In places Donja Mahala , Kostrc and Ugljara in Bosanian Posavina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Baotić.
Prevalence
About 350 people with faimily name Baotić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zupanja (170), Zagreb (65), Osijek (20), and in Bosnjaci (20) and Babina Greda (15) in Zupanja area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Baotić is present in 10 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.