In Croatia, Rusich families are mainly Italians (from Rijeka ), less frequently Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Labin area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Rusich live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.