In Croatia, Bussani families are Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Losinj.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Bussani live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Susak on the Island of Losinj (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to France (5) and the United States (2). Family name Bussani is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Bussani " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 200 in Mexico , and some 100 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.