Surname Botica in modern Croatia

Botica families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and on the Island of Korcula. In Račišće on the Island of Korcula every third inhabitant had the family name Botica.

Prevalence

About 900 people with faimily name Botica live in Croatia today, in 380 households. There were 660 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Split (135), Racisce on the Island of Korcula (125), Grab in Sinj area (85), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (75), and in Zagreb (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), Australia (2), New Zealand (2), the Netherlands (1), Germany (1), Spain (1), and to France (1).
Family name Botica (including: Botiza , Bhotica and Bothica ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Bothica " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Botica, Iva Botica, Ante Botica, Ivan Botica, Ivo Botica, Stipe Botica, Andrija Botica, Dubravka Botica, Elma Botica, Indira Botica, Šime Botica, Boris Botica, Lovre Botica, Branko Botica, Draško Botica, Tonći Botica, Stanislav Botica, Anita Botica, Alenka Botica

Mentions in sources

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

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories