Surname Čuš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čuš families are generally Croats (from Porec area ), very rarely Italians (from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula. In Jasenovica in Porec every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čuš.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Čuš live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Porec (<10), Visnjan in Porec area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Fuskulin (<5), and in Cusi (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čuš (including: Cus , Cush , Chus , Chush , Cuss , Chues , Cusch , Chuesh , Cues and Tschusch ) is present in 86 countries worldwide. "Cush " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Australia , and some 200 people in Great Britain. "Chuesh " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cues " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrej Čuš, Marko Čuš, Danijela Čuš, Ivan Čuš, Igor Čuš, Tamara Čuš, Vladimir Čuš, Slobodan Čuš, Valter Čuš, Vili Čuš, Dragan Čuš, Franci Čuš, Danilo Čuš, Ruža Čuš, Emil Čuš, Nina Čuš, Paulina Čuš, Anton Čuš, Silvio Čuš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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