Surname Kuš in modern Croatia

Kuš families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zapresic and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kuš live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Kupljenovo (45), Zagreb (35), Sesvete (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Zapresic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuš (including: Kush , Kusch , Kus , Kuss , Kues , Kusz , Kuess , Kusth , Kuesch and Kuesh ) is present in 124 countries worldwide. "Kush " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Kenya , and some 1000 people in Ukraine. "Kusth " is used by few people in the United States. "Kues " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Josip Kuš, Mario Kuš, Stjepan Kuš, Gordana Kuš, Brankica Kuš, Antonela Kuš, Filipa Kuš, Ivica Kuš, Ivan Kuš, Snježana Kuš, Mirjana Kuš, Dražen Kuš, Zdenko Kuš, Željko Kuš, Dubravko Kuš, Darinka Kuš, Franjo Kuš, Dubravka Kuš, Borislav Kuš

Mentions in sources

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

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