Surname Kampuš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kampuš families are generally Croats (from Pregrada area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kampuš live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Varazdin (<10), in Strmec Humski (<10) and Oresje Humsko (<10) in Pregrada area, and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kampuš (including: Campus , Kampüs , Kampus , Kampusch , Kampush and Kamphus ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. "Kamphus " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Kampuš, Dalibor Kampuš, Kristina Kampuš, Fedor Kampuš, Zlatko Kampuš, Ivan Kampuš, Josip Kampuš, Marija Kampuš, Dubravko Kampuš, Stanko Kampuš, Rudolf Kampuš, Zvonko Kampuš, Tomislav Kampuš, Aleksandar Kampuš, Dragica Kampuš, Nevenka Kampuš, Dragutin Kampuš, Maja Kampuš, Ankica Kampuš

Mentions in sources

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

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