Family name בוטקו (Butko 
, בוטקו 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen בוטקו is characteristic of Croatia, where it is quite a rare surname, Slovakia, and Lithuania. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Russia, the United States, and Croatia. Much less frequently, בוטקו is the forename as well as the last name.