Surname Butković in modern Croatia

Butković families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski. According to some sources they are from Lika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Butkovići in Labin area every second inhabitant had the family name Butković.

Prevalence

About 1600 people with faimily name Butković live in Croatia today, in 720 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 132 other places, mostly in Zagreb (290), Rijeka (165), Pula (115), Butkovici in Labin area (50), and in Gospic (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 46 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (16), Germany (7), Australia (7), France (5), the United States (5), Argentina (4), Sweden (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Butković (including: Butkovic , Butkovich , Butcovich , Butkovics and Butkowic ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Butkovic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 100 people in Afghanistan. "Butkovich " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 100 in Japan , and some 60 people in Canada. "Butkowic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Butković, Davor Butković, Ivan Butković, Silvija Butković, Maja Butković, Kristina Butković, Josip Butković, Martina Butković, Hrvoje Butković, Bojana Butković, Fedor Butković, Vladimir Butković, Rolando Butković, Željko Butković, Diana Butković, Sandra Butković, Zvonimir Butković, Branimir Butković, Avenka Butković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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