Surname Rušnjak in modern Croatia

Rušnjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Buzet. In Cancini in Porec every fourth inhabitant had the family name Rušnjak.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Rušnjak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Cancini (15), Pula (15), Pracana (10), and in Trnovec in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rušnjak (including: Rusnjak , Rusnyak , Rusznyak , Rusniak , Rusgnak , Rusnyák , Rusgnach , Rushnyak and Russinyak ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Rusniak " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Poland , and small number of people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Valter Rušnjak, Emil Rušnjak, Dinko Rušnjak, Egon Rušnjak, Adrijano Rušnjak, Marija Rušnjak, Roberto Rušnjak, Kristina Rušnjak, Ana Rušnjak, Gordana Rušnjak, Admira Rušnjak, Lilijana Rušnjak, Klaudia Rušnjak, Alan Rušnjak, Dragutin Rušnjak, Đino Rušnjak, Ljiljana Rušnjak, Ivan Rušnjak, Arđeo Rušnjak

Mentions in sources

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.

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