In Croatia, Budeč families are mainly Croats (from Dubrovnik ), rarely Montenegrins (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Budeč live in Croatia today, in four households only. They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.