In Croatia, Marussi families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Marussi live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), Lovran in Opatija area (<5), and in Belej on the Island of Losinj (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Marussi is present in 12 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1842 in source Catholic Church Parish Records 1842.