Benotić families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Nasice.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Benotić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (35), Nasice (20), Peteranec in Koprivnica area (15), Zagreb (10), and in Hlebine in Koprivnica area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Benotić 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 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.