Surname Mušić in modern Croatia

Mušić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula , often Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Zagreb. In Bosanci in Vrbovsko area every third inhabitant had the family name Mušić.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Mušić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Lumbarda on the Island of Korcula (80), Zagreb (50), Zadar (25), Rijeka (20), and in Pula (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), New Zealand (2), the United States (1), Canada (1), Germany (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Mušić (including: Music , Musich , Musick , Mussnich , Mushich , Mussich , Mushic , Mussic , Musici and Musicz ) is present in 52 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. "Mushic " is used by few people in Belarus , few people in Kazakhstan , and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasmina Mušić, Irena Mušić, Mehmed Mušić, Nikša Mušić, Ibrahim Mušić, Mirsad Mušić, Safet Mušić, Dinko Mušić, Fikreta Mušić, Ženja Mušić, Anita Mušić, Danica Mušić, Franko Mušić, Emin Mušić, Jasmin Mušić, Lucy Mušić, Husein Mušić, Hasan Mušić, Željana Mušić

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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