Surname Dušević in modern Croatia

Dušević families are Croats and they are mostly from Nin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nin area and in Zadar. In Ljubač in Nin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Dušević.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Dušević live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Ljubac in Nin area (115), Zadar (45), Rijeka (35), and in Razanac (<10) and Radovin (<10) in Nin area.

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Dušević (including: Dusevic , Dushkevich , Dusevich , Dushevich , Dusewicz and Duschevici ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Dusevic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Dusevich " is used by some 60 people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Dusewicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marko Dušević, Jelica Dušević, Milena Dušević, Roko Dušević, Ratko Dušević, Eloiza Dušević, Rene Dušević, Milan Dušević, Zdravko Dušević, Ankica Dušević, Kristina Dušević, Đani Dušević, Marin Dušević, Predrag Dušević, Mladen Dušević, Sonja Dušević, Sanela Dušević, Jasna Dušević, Krešimir Dušević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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