Surname Dušić in modern Croatia

Dušić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Radoši kod Višnjana in Porec area every third inhabitant had the family name Dušić.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Dušić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Pula (20), Rovinj (15), Grabovac in Beli Manastir area (15), Grimalda in Pazin area (15), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Canada (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Dušić (including: Dusich , Dussich , Dusic , Dusick , Dushich and Dushnick ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Dusic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Dusich " is used by some 100 people in Japan , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in the Philippines. "Dussich " is used by some 70 people in Japan , some 70 people in the United States , and some 50 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Đurđa Dušić, Siniša Dušić, Denis Dušić, Marijan Dušić, Boris Dušić, Anita Dušić, Karmela Dušić, Marino Dušić, Andreas Dušić, Irina Dušić, Ivan Dušić, Alen Dušić, Romina Dušić, Albis Dušić, Branimir Dušić, Dario Dušić, Ljiljana Dušić, Sanja Dušić, Ksenija Dušić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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