Surname Košut in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Košut families are Roms (from Sisak area ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Košut live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Sisak (<5) and Strelecko in Sisak area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košut (including: Kosut , Kossuth , Koshut , Kossut , Kosuth , Koszut , Koschut , Cossuth , Koschuth and Coshutt ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosut " is used by some 1000 people in Slovakia , about 400 in Czech Republic , and some 400 people in the United States. "Koshut " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Kosuth " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Romania , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Peter Košut, Elizabeta Košut, Sijan Košut, Adis Košut, Harun Košut, Jalža Košut, Đuro Košut

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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