Surname Kušelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kušelj families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kušelj live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 7 other places, mostly in Plocice in Dubrovnik area (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Cavtat (<10), Molunat (<5) and Mikulici (<5) in Dubrovnik area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kušelj (including: Kuselj , Cuselli , Kuseli , Kusely and Cusselli ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Kuselj " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Kušelj, Marko Kušelj, Nike Kušelj, Helena Kušelj, Kate Kušelj, Nikša Kušelj, Silvana Kušelj, Đive Kušelj, Ivo Kušelj, Niko Kušelj, Robert Kušelj, Jelka Kušelj, Marijan Kušelj, Pero Kušelj, Luce Kušelj, Marina Kušelj, Ivan Kušelj, Cvijeto Kušelj, Ljubica Kušelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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