Surname Prusina in modern Croatia

Prusina families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Citluk area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area). In places Hamzići and Biletići in Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Prusina.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Prusina live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Slavonski Brod (35), Osijek (15), Bosnjaci in Zupanja area (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prusina (including: Perussina , Perushina , Perusina and Prushina ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Prusina " is used by some 80 people in Germany , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Perusina " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Perussina " is used by some 400 people in Guatemala and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Prusina, Vesna Prusina, Božo Prusina, Darko Prusina, Damir Prusina, Srećko Prusina, Toni Prusina, Renata Prusina, Josip Prusina, Bože Prusina, Danijel Prusina, Ivan Prusina, Ivanka Prusina, Tomislav Prusina, Marko Prusina, Eva Prusina, Dražen Prusina, Igor Prusina, Sanja Prusina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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