Surname Marušić in modern Croatia

Marušić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. According to some sources they are from Albania and Herzegovina, Dalmatia (near Omis) or Vukovar area, barely Italians (Umag) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Marušići in Omis nearly every inhabitant had the family name Marušić.

Prevalence

About 3300 people with faimily name Marušić live in Croatia today, in 1400 households. There were 2200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 90 cities and 279 other places, mostly in Zagreb (590), Split (300), Zadar (165), Rijeka (115), and in Zemunik Donji in Zadar area (105).

Outside Croatia

At least 59 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (14), Germany (13), France (9), the United States (8), Austria (6), Argentina (4), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (1), and to Uruguay (1).
Family name Marušić (including: Marusic , Marusich , Marusciac , Marussich , Marusych and Marusick ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Marusic " is used by some 1000 people in Moldova , about 1000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Germany. "Marusich " is used by some 600 people in Ukraine , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Russian Federation. "Marussich " is used by some 80 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Kazakhstan , small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Eli Marušić, Ante Marušić, Pavle Marušić, Velimir Marušić, Vera Marušić, Matko Marušić, Ivan Marušić, Vedrana Marušić, Josip Marušić, Miljenko Marušić, Marinko Marušić, Ljiljana Marušić, Sven Marušić, Damir Marušić, Adam Marušić, Joško Marušić, Dubravka Marušić, Ana Marušić, Dušan Marušić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1614 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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