Surname Kontuš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kontuš families are almost entirely Croats (from Labin area ), barely Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Labin.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kontuš live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Rijeka (10), in Letaj (<10), Plomin (<5) and Susnjevica (<5) in Labin area, and in Labin (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Kontuš (including: Kontush , Kontus , Kontusch and Contus ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Contus " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alberto Kontuš, Josip Kontuš, Kristijan Kontuš, Đani Kontuš, Igor Kontuš, Zoran Kontuš, Alen Kontuš, Marija Kontuš, Eleonora Kontuš, Mario Kontuš, Ljiljana Kontuš, Robert Kontuš, Margaret Kontuš, Andrijano Kontuš, Romano Kontuš, Marijan Kontuš, Ivo Kontuš, Petra Kontuš, Anton Kontuš

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