Surname Busić in modern Croatia

Busić families are Serbs and they are mostly from Ogulin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and in Glina area. In Ponikve in Ogulin every fifth inhabitant had the family name Busić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Busić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Karlovac (20), Rijeka (10), Topusko in Glina area (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Busić (including: Busic , Busick , Busich , Bussick and Bushick ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Busic " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 600 in Germany , and some 100 people in Australia. "Busich " is used by small number of people in the Philippines , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Busick " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 400 in Guinea-Bissau , and some 70 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Goran Busić, Zoran Busić, Svjetlan Busić, Jasmina Busić, Nikola Busić, Sanja Busić, Živka Busić, Milan Busić, Gordan Busić, Sara Busić, Gojko Busić, Mira Busić, Simo Busić, Gordana Busić, Snježana Busić, Predrag Busić, Stana Busić, Mirna Busić, Dubravka Busić

Mentions in sources

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

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