In Croatia, Budač families are mainly Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), rarely Hungarians (also from Beli Manastir area ), and very rarely Montenegrins (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Beli Manastir area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Budač live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only four naselja i to in Osijek (15), Batina in Beli Manastir area (10), Vinkovci (<5), and in Tenja (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.