Benussi families are mainly Italians and they are mostly from Rovinj , but often Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Benussi live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and four other places, mostly in Rovinj (70), Split (10), Rijeka (10), Dubrovnik (10), and in Vrsar in Rovinj area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Benussi is present in 19 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.