Buljat families are Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Novigrad.
Prevalence
About 340 people with faimily name Buljat live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zadar (90), in Zemunik Donji (55) and Suhovare (55) in Zadar area, Zagreb (35), and in Pridraga in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Buljat (including: Bulliat , Buliat ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Buljat " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in France.
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.