Surname Kušek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Kušek live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Koprivnica (15), Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<10), Donja Batina (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kušek (including: Kusek , Kusec , Kussek , Kushek , Kuszek , Cusek , Kushbek , Kuseck , Kuschek and Kusechu ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Kusek " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Kuseck " is used by few people in the United States. "Kuszek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Kušek, Đurđica Kušek, Dubravko Kušek, Neven Kušek, Natalija Kušek, Luca Kušek, Berislav Kušek, Sanja Kušek, Ivanka Kušek, Milan Kušek, Ivica Kušek, Zlatko Kušek, Ivana Kušek, Franjo Kušek, Davor Kušek, Tomislav Kušek, Denis Kušek, Gordana Kušek, Djurdjica Kušek

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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