Surname Pušak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pušak families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Pušak live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Vinkovci (10), Donja Kupcina in Jastrebarsko area (<10), Plocice in Dubrovnik area (<10), Vukovar (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pušak (including: Pusak , Pushak , Puschak , Pushpak , Pussak , Pushchak , Puszak , Pusack , Pushack and Pushnak ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Pusak " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Turkey , and small number of people in Malaysia. "Pushak " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , about 60 in Moldova , and some 50 people in the United States. "Puschak " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Ukraine , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Jelica Pušak, Stjepan Pušak, Svetlana Pušak, Blaženka Pušak, Marko Pušak, Niko Pušak, Damir Pušak, Mato Pušak, Darko Pušak, Slavko Pušak, Ivan Pušak, Vera Pušak, Katica Pušak, Mladen Pušak, Janja Pušak, Matea Pušak, Jela Pušak, Agata Pušak, Roza Pušak

Mentions in sources

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

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