Butijer families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Drvenik in Dubrovnik area every third inhabitant had the family name Butijer.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Butijer live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located and 10 other Croatian places, mostly in Drvenik (20) and Cavtat (15) in Dubrovnik area, Dubrovnik (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Gabrili in Dubrovnik area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Butijer is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.