Surname Rusak in modern Croatia

Rusak families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Rusak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (65), Zagreb (25), Kotoriba in Prelog area (15), Varazdin (10), and in Djurdjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rusak (including: Russak , Rusack , Russack , Russac , Rushak , Rusac , Rushack , Ruczak and Ruszak ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Rusack " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Russak " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in Poland. "Russack " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 60 in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Rusak, Branko Rusak, Zdenko Rusak, Melanija Rusak, Zlatko Rusak, Julio Rusak, Renata Rusak, Vladimir Rusak, Vinko Rusak, Elizabeta Rusak, Marijana Rusak, Davor Rusak, Tomislav Rusak, Vjekoslav Rusak, Nikola Rusak, Zdenka Rusak, Dragan Rusak, Zvonimir Rusak, Siniša Rusak

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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