Surname Jušić in modern Croatia

Jušić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia). According to some sources they are from place Jusici near RIjeka, very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb. In places Pjanići and Todorovo in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jušić.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Jušić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Sibenik (35), Rijeka (15), Koprivnica (15), and in Buk (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jušić (including: Jusic , Jusich , Jusick , Yusich , Yusick , Iussich , Jussich , Jussic , Yushich and Iusich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Jusic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Austria , and some 300 people in Germany. "Jusich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jusick " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Jušić, Saša Jušić, Anica Jušić, Kristijan Jušić, Nikica Jušić, Marko Jušić, Igor Jušić, Neven Jušić, Vinko Jušić, Angelina Jušić, Mirna Jušić, Ivica Jušić, Goran Jušić, Vojna Jušić, Branko Jušić, Nikola Jušić, Juso Jušić, Dario Jušić, Jasmin Jušić

Mentions in sources

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

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