Buljubašić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area , less frequently Bosniaks (iz Tuzla Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska area and in Split.
Prevalence
About 640 people with faimily name Buljubašić live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Split (230), Osijek (100), Zagreb (45), Zagvozd in Makarska area (45), and in Makarska (35).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.