Surname Rušić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rušić families are Croats (from Ploce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Trogir.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Rušić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Split (30), Dubrovnik (<10), Rijeka (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Drvenik in Ploce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rušić (including: Rusich , Rusic , Russick , Rusick , Russich , Russkich , Russic , Rushwick , Ruscick and Rusichi ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. "Rusich " is used by some 600 people in Russian Federation , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Kyrgyzstan. "Russic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rusick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Davorka Rušić, Davor Rušić, Milan Rušić, Merica Rušić, Danira Rušić, Gordan Rušić, Antonio Rušić, Diana Rušić, Marija Rušić, Drago Rušić, Ljiljana Rušić, Nikola Rušić, Igor Rušić, Jadranka Rušić, Željko Rušić, Nikša Rušić, Ružica Rušić, Anita Rušić, Antonela Rušić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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