Surname Buza in modern Croatia

Buza families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Cakovec. In Mali Trnovci in Middle Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Buza.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Buza live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 14 other places, mostly in Kampor (10), Banjol (<10) and Supetarska Draga (<10) on the Island of Rab, Orehovica in Cakovec area (<10), and in Djurdjekovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Buza (including: Bueza , Buzza , Buuza and Bhuza ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. "Bueza " is used by some 3000 people in the Philippines , about 80 in Peru , and small number of people in the United States. "Buzza " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Australia , and some 200 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Nada Buza, Siniša Buza, Dušan Buza, Elvir Buza, Slavko Buza, Josip Buza, Goran Buza, Dragana Buza, Sandra Buza, Nedeljko Buza, Tatjana Buza, Predrag Buza, Mario Buza, Mladen Buza, Dževad Buza, Zlatko Buza, Meri Buza, Lea Buza, Valentino Buza

Mentions in sources

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

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