Surname Markušić in modern Croatia

Markušić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ozalj area. In places Markušići and Višći Vrh in Ozalj area every third inhabitant had the family name Markušić.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Markušić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Koprivnica (50), Jastrebarsko (25), Sesvete (20), and in Gorican in Cakovec area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (1), Germany (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Markušić (including: Markusic , Markusich , Markushic and Markusics ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Markusic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in Czech Republic. "Markusich " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Markushic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Markušić, Jadranka Markušić, Snježana Markušić, Damir Markušić, Branka Markušić, Dragica Markušić, Veljko Markušić, Vesna Markušić, Ivan Markušić, Robert Markušić, Vladimir Markušić, Mario Markušić, Denis Markušić, Zoran Markušić, Josip Markušić, Željko Markušić, Valentina Markušić, Franjo Markušić, Sanja Markušić

Mentions in sources

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

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