Barušić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Krapina. In Slatinik Drenjski in Djakovo area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Barušić.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Barušić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Krapina (25), Drenje in Djakovo area (20), Visnjevac (15), and in Viljevo in Donji Miholjac area (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.