Surname Ćusa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćusa families are Croats (from Benkovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zagreb. In Podlug in Benkovac every eightieth inhabitant had the family name Ćusa.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Ćusa live in Croatia today, in five households only.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Sopot (<10), Zagreb (<5), Zadar (<5), Benkovac (<5), and in Podlug (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćusa (including: Cusa , Chusa , Cussa , Chausa , Chiusa , Chousa , Ciusa , Chussa and Czucza ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Cusa " is used by some 1000 people in Argentina , about 500 in the United States , and some 500 people in Italy. "Chusa " is used by some 50 people in Spain , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Chussa " is used by few people in Tanzania and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijeta Ćusa, Alojz Ćusa, Ana Ćusa, Ingrid Ćusa, Mirjana Ćusa, Petar Ćusa, Šime Ćusa, Marija Ćusa, Mario Ćusa, Vedran Ćusa, Milka Ćusa, Jure Ćusa, Ljiljana Ćusa, Jadranka Ćusa, Doris Ćusa, Hayat Ćusa, Branko Ćusa, Anica Ćusa, Janja Ćusa

Mentions in sources

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.

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