Surname Rušak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Rušak live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Koprivnica (25), Novigrad Podravski in Djurdjevac area (10), Zagreb (<10), Repas in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rušak (including: Rusak , Ruschak , Russak , Rushak , Russnak , Rusack , Russack , Rushnak , Rushack and Ruszak ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. "Rushak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Ruschak " is used by some 1000 people in Ukraine , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Russian Federation. "Rusack " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Zlata Rušak, Ivan Rušak, Biljana Rušak, Antonija Rušak, Robert Rušak, Matija Rušak, Tomislav Rušak, Petar Rušak, Danijel Rušak, Mladen Rušak, Martin Rušak, Mirjana Rušak, Danijela Rušak, Jasmina Rušak, Barica Rušak, Mijo Rušak, Ruža Rušak, Zlatko Rušak, Ivka Rušak

Mentions in sources

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

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