Surname Kusić in modern Croatia

Kusić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Omis area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split. In Grabovac in Omis area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kusić.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Kusić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Split (110), Zagreb (40), Grabovac in Omis area (20), Imotski (15), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kusić (including: Cusick , Kusic , Cusic , Kusich , Kusick , Cusiche , Cussick , Kushick , Kussick and Khusich ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Kusic " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Kusich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and about 70 in Argentina. "Kusick " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 60 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Kusić, Pero Kusić, Gordana Kusić, Bariša Kusić, Ante Kusić, Željko Kusić, Želimir Kusić, Lovre Kusić, Anka Kusić, Blaženka Kusić, Višnja Kusić, Josip Kusić, Jasna Kusić, Jadranka Kusić, Marta Kusić, Nikola Kusić, Mirko Kusić, Darinka Kusić, Stjepan Kusić

Mentions in sources

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

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