Papučić families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and in Imotski area.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Papučić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in four Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Split (15), Nasice (15), Lokvicici in Imotski area (<10), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<10), and in Duce in Omis area (<10).
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.