Putica families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Neum (Herzegovina), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Neum, Herzegovina (Neum area) and in Dubrovnik. In Prapratnica in Neum (Herzegovina) every third inhabitant had the family name Putica.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Putica live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (95), Zagreb (30), Ploce (<10), Mokosica (<10), and in Metkovic (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Putica is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Putica " is used by some 80 people in Romania , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
