In Croatia, Budicin families are predominantly Italians (from Rovinj ), rarely Croats (from Pula ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj. U Gradu Rovinju every hundredth inhabitant had the family name Budicin.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Budicin live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Rovinj (20), Pula (10), Zagreb (<5), and in Medulin (<5) and Vinkuran (<5) in Pula area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Budicin is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Budicin " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 100 in Brazil , and some 60 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.