Surname Rus in modern Croatia

Rus families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Rus live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Velika Gorica (25), Rijeka (15), Valpovo (10), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rus (including: Russ , Rush , Ruess , Rusz , Ruus , Rucz , Ruhs , Rues and Rhus ) is present in 134 countries worldwide. "Rues " is used by some 90 people in Germany and some 90 people in the United States. "Russ " is used by some 30000 people in the United States , about 8000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in Russian Federation. "Ruess " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Rus, Fran Rus, Zdenko Rus, Marijan Rus, Leon Rus, Marko Rus, Božidar Rus, Nurka Rus, Boris Rus, Nataša Rus, Anđelka Rus, Karmen Rus, Kornelija Rus, Kosta Rus, Emina Rus, Romana Rus, Mirna Rus, Eduard Rus, Jasna Rus

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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