Oršuš families are mainly Roms and they are mostly from Cakovec area , whereas often Croats (from Koprivnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Koprivnica. In Kuršanec in Cakovec every fourth inhabitant had the family name Oršuš.
Prevalence
About 1400 people with faimily name Oršuš live in Croatia today, in 430 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Kursanec (165), Pribislavec (145), and in Trnovec (145), Orehovica (125) and Drzimurec (110) in Cakovec area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Oršuš is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.