Surname Gluščević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gluščević families are generally Croats (from Podrinje (Bosnia) ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Žlijeb in Podrinje (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Gluščević.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Gluščević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Metkovic (15), Zadar (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gluščević (including: Gluscevich , Gluscevic ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Gluscevich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Gluščević, Tonći Gluščević, Smiljan Gluščević, Ela Gluščević, Gordana Gluščević, Teo Gluščević, Aleksander Gluščević, Mislav Gluščević, Lucija Gluščević, Obrad Gluščević, Mario Gluščević, Marina Gluščević, Dino Gluščević, Maja Gluščević, Jusuf Gluščević, Duško Gluščević, Andreja Gluščević, Vera Gluščević, Nenad Gluščević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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