Surname Pušnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pušnik families are generally Croats (from Metkovic ), rarely Slovenes (from Trogir ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Pušnik live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Starjak (10), Karlovac (<10), Metkovic (<10), and in Plano (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Pušnik (including: Pusnik , Pushnik , Pushnick , Pushnykh and Puschnik ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Pusnik " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in Austria , and small number of people in the United States. "Pushnik " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Pushnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Pušnik, Kristina Pušnik, Tihomir Pušnik, Mojca Pušnik, Bara Pušnik, Siniša Pušnik, Bojan Pušnik, Irena Pušnik, Maja Pušnik, Janez Pušnik, Ivan Pušnik, Leopold Pušnik, Rada Pušnik, Božica Pušnik, Renata Pušnik, Suzana Pušnik, Karlo Pušnik, Marica Pušnik, Marjan Pušnik

Mentions in sources

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

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