Surname Buktenica in modern Croatia

Buktenica families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Solta. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Solta and in Split. In Grohote on the Island of Solta every tenth inhabitant had the family name Buktenica.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Buktenica live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Grohote on the Island of Solta (20), Split (20), Bol on the Island of Brac (<10), Slatine (<10), and in Zminj in Pazin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Buktenica is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Buktenica " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Buktenica, Nebojša Buktenica, Budimir Buktenica, Zorka Buktenica, Andro Buktenica, Nikica Buktenica, Simona Buktenica, Emil Buktenica, Gabrijel Buktenica, Blaženka Buktenica, Antonio Buktenica, Eugen Buktenica, Ines Buktenica, Perina Buktenica, Vesna Buktenica, Nikša Buktenica, Nada Buktenica, Vicko Buktenica, Antica Buktenica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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