Surname Duša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Duša families are generally Croats (from Split ), very rarely Hungarians (from Srijem, Vojvodina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Duša live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Split (<10), Pula (<5), and in Bobovisca on the Island of Brac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Duša (including: Dusa , Dusha , Dussa , Dusza , Duscha , Dushka , Dhusa , Duusa , Dusaa and Duesa ) is present in 64 countries worldwide. The family name "Dusa " is used by some 3000 people in Romania , about 500 in the United States , and some 500 people in Hungary. "Duscha " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Dussa " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in Haiti , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Divna Duša, Igor Duša, Marija Duša, Josip Duša, Kristina Duša, Dušan Duša, Mihajlo Duša, Amartidis Duša, Boris Duša, Marko Duša, Ivan Duša, Duje Duša, Alojz Duša, Slavko Duša

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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