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Surname Petrušić in modern Croatia
Petrušić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosanske krajine. According to some sources they are from Dubrovnik area, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area). In places Podbrđe and Šibovi in Bosnian Krajina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Petrušić.
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Prevalence
About 1100 people with faimily name Petrušić live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 65 cities and 113 other places, mostly in Zagreb (185), Ogulin (60), Ploce (50), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (35), and in Osijek (35).
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Outside Croatia
At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Austria (5), Germany (4), Switzerland (3), and to Australia (1).
Family name Petrušić (including: Petrusic , Petrusich , Petrusick and Petrushic ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Petrusic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Petrusich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Petrusick " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ljiljana Petrušić,
Antun Petrušić,
Irena Petrušić,
Branimir Petrušić,
Damir Petrušić,
Ante Petrušić,
Renata Petrušić,
Višnja Petrušić,
Nikša Petrušić,
Dalibor Petrušić,
Tomislav Petrušić,
Dražen Petrušić,
Neven Petrušić,
Ivana Petrušić,
Zorana Petrušić,
Sanja Petrušić,
Branislav Petrušić,
Dragan Petrušić,
Maja Petrušić
