Surname Benutić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Benutić families are almost entirely Croats (from Kastel Sucurac ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Trogir.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Benutić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kastel Stari (25), Zagreb (<10), Kastel Novi (<5), Kastel Luksic (<5), and in Lovran in Opatija area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benutić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Mario Benutić, Anica Benutić, Irena Benutić, Blanka Benutić, Srećko Benutić, Petar Benutić, Silvia Benutić, Ivica Benutić, Frane Benutić, Vicenco Benutić, Ante Benutić, Meri Benutić, Nataša Benutić, Ivanka Benutić, Marinko Benutić, Ivo Benutić, Grgica Benutić, Anita Benutić, Mijo Benutić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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