Surname Kušar in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Kušar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Gornja Plemenscina (15), Zdenci in Orahovica area (15), Ivanic-Grad (10), and in Pregrada (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kušar (including: Kusar , Kushar , Kushnar , Khusar , Kushmar , Kushtar , Kushwar , Kussar , Kuesar and Kuschar ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Kusar " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Kushar " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Kussar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Kušar, Branko Kušar, Anita Kušar, Vesnica Kušar, Boris Kušar, Vilijam Kušar, Josip Kušar, Petra Kušar, Svetlana Kušar, Roberto Kušar, Ivan Kušar, Martina Kušar, Milan Kušar, Davor Kušar, Nenad Kušar, Jasminka Kušar, Ivica Kušar, Snježana Kušar, Tomislav Kušar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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