Surname Butina in modern Croatia

Butina families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area. According to some sources they are from Gorskog kotara. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Gospic area.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Butina live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Slunj (25), Karlovac (15), Kutina (15), and in Petrinja (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), France (3), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Butina (including: Butinah , Buttina , Buhtina and Buthayna ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Butina " is used by some 3000 people in Russian Federation , about 500 in Kazakhstan , and some 300 people in the United States. "Buttina " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Butina, Katica Butina, Primož Butina, Željko Butina, Žarko Butina, Neven Butina, Tone Butina, Đurđica Butina, Darko Butina, Vera Butina, Marijo Butina, Nikolina Butina, Vladimir Butina, Marija Butina, Boris Butina, Slavka Butina, Suzana Butina, Mile Butina, Slavica Butina

Mentions in sources

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.

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