Surname Kasunić in modern Croatia

Kasunić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin area and in Karlovac. In places Duga Gora and Brcković Draga in Ogulin area every second inhabitant had the family name Kasunić.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Kasunić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 60 other places, mostly in Duga Resa (115), Karlovac (75), in Duga Gora (60) and Generalski Stol (55) in Ogulin area, and in Zagreb (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (11), Germany (11), Sweden (2), the United States (2), and to France (1).
Family name Kasunić (including: Kasunic , Kasunich and Kasunick ) is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Kasunic " is used by some 600 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Kasunich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Kasunick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Branko Kasunić, Svjetlana Kasunić, Judita Kasunić, Krunoslav Kasunić, Višnja Kasunić, Ivan Kasunić, Marijan Kasunić, Andreja Kasunić, Dubravka Kasunić, Željka Kasunić, Anton Kasunić, Darinka Kasunić, Davorin Kasunić, Dražen Kasunić, Anita Kasunić, Snježana Kasunić, Katica Kasunić, Tomislav Kasunić, Zdenko Kasunić

Mentions in sources

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

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