Budimir families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources the family name originates from Sinj area (Turjaka, Dobranja), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Posusje area) and in Sinj. In places Podbila and Vir in Herzegovina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Budimir.
Prevalence
About 2500 people with faimily name Budimir live in Croatia today, in 1000 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 185 other places, mostly in Zagreb (470), Split (265), Sinj (170), Sibenik (90), and in Turjaci (85).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.