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Surname Brus in modern Croatia
Brus families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Pakrac. In Poljanska in Pozega area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Brus.
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Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Brus live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Pozega (45), Zagreb (20), Dugo Selo (10), Ovcare in Orahovica area (<10), and in Donja Moticina in Nasice area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Brus (including: Brush , Bruss , Berus , Brusso , Bruess , Bruus , Brues , Brucz and Bruhs ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. "Brues " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Bruss " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 200 people in South Africa. "Bruess " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 200 in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Robert Brus,
Andrej Brus,
Nigra Brus,
Nada Brus,
Mario Brus,
Mark Brus,
Miroslav Brus,
Ljubica Brus,
Martina Brus,
Tomislav Brus,
Zlatko Brus,
Anka Brus,
Marina Brus,
Dubravko Brus,
Predrag Brus,
Marijana Brus,
Krunoslav Brus,
Nedjo Brus,
Marko Brus
