In Croatia, Burtina families are generally Croats (from the Island of Murter ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and on the Island of Murter.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Burtina live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only five naselja i to in Betina on the Island of Murter (20), Split (<5), Murter on the Island of Murter (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Sibenik (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Burtina is present in five countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.