In Croatia, Bucat families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar. In Vrisnik on the Island of Hvar every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Bucat.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Bucat live in Croatia today, in 30 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, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (15), in Jelsa (<10) and Zastrazisce (<10) on the Island of Hvar, Plano (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).
