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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.
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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).
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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.
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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
