Surname Kušanić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Kušanić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Letinac in Senj area (10), Sisak (<10), Brinje in Senj area (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kušanić (including: Kusanic , Cushanick ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Cushanick " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nela Kušanić, Ružica Kušanić, Vinko Kušanić, Mile Kušanić, Kristijan Kušanić, Ksenija Kušanić, Mario Kušanić, Andrija Kušanić, Perica Kušanić, Vlado Kušanić, Marijana Kušanić, Dražen Kušanić, Lovro Kušanić, Tihomir Kušanić, Jadranka Kušanić, Vlade Kušanić, Dominik Kušanić, Klaudio Kušanić, Hrvoje Kušanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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