Surname Butorović in modern Croatia

Butorović families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Brac.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Butorović live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (20), Hvar on the Island of Hvar (15), Zagreb (15), Milna on the Island of Brac (15), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Butorović (including: Butorovic , Butorovich ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Butorovich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Antonela Butorović, Mandina Butorović, Stipe Butorović, Dean Butorović, Lidija Butorović, Vedran Butorović, Mlađan Butorović, Darko Butorović, Sandra Butorović, Prošper Butorović, Dražen Butorović, Marica Butorović, Vlatka Butorović, Andreas Butorović, Marija Butorović, Gorjan Butorović, Božena Butorović, Dunja Butorović, Goran Butorović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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