Butić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area. In Briševo in Zadar area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Butić.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Butić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zadar (65), Brisevo in Zadar area (55), Prkos in Biograd na moru area (25), Zagreb (20), and in Sisak (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.