In Croatia, Bućma families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Bosanska Dubica area) and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Bućma live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Split (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.