Pušelja families are Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in North Herzegovina (Jablanica area). In Fazlići in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Pušelja.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Pušelja live in Croatia today, in 50 households. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Knin (10), Delnice (<10), Djakovo (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).
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.