Surname Bušljeta in modern Croatia

Bušljeta families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman and according to some sources from Starigrada (Paklenica). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pasman and in Orahovica area.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Bušljeta live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Cacinci in Orahovica area (70), Zadar (65), Zagreb (55), Rijeka (50), and in Starigrad on the Island of Pasman (45).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bušljeta is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Busljeta " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bušljeta, Nikola Bušljeta, Vinko Bušljeta, Arna Bušljeta, Mario Bušljeta, Franjo Bušljeta, Tomislav Bušljeta, Sanja Bušljeta, Darko Bušljeta, Marijan Bušljeta, Vesna Bušljeta, Davor Bušljeta, Gorjana Bušljeta, Petar Bušljeta, Branka Bušljeta, Božena Bušljeta, Seat Bušljeta, Klaudija Bušljeta, Anela Bušljeta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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