Surname Musić in modern Croatia

Musić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area , also Bosniaks (Tuzla Region, Bosnia), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area).

Prevalence

About 730 people with faimily name Musić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 73 other places, mostly in Zagreb (210), Sesvete (45), Split (45), Zaton (30), and in Rijeka (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Austria (3), the United States (1), France (1), Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1), Chile (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Musić (including: Music , Musich , Musick , Mushich , Musyck , Mussich , Mussic , Musici and Musicz ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Music " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in Great Britain. "Musich " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 300 in Argentina , and some 200 people in Ukraine. "Mussich " is used by small number of people in Argentina and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Musić, Darko Musić, Ivana Musić, Valerija Musić, Krešimir Musić, Nikola Musić, Tomislav Musić, Branka Musić, Karolina Musić, Vera Musić, Ivan Musić, Svetozar Musić, Marko Musić, Marija Musić, Davorin Musić, Vlasta Musić, Mladen Musić, Ivica Musić, Josip Musić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1571 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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