In Croatia, Ljubotina families are Croats by relative majority (from Peljesac Peninsula ), less frequently Serbs, and rarely Montenegrins (from Pula area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Pula.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Ljubotina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Zagreb (10), Hrvatsko Polje (10), Zapresic (<5), and in Samobor (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Ljubotina is present in 11 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.