Surname Rusijan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rusijan families are Croats (from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Rusijan live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Pazin (<10), Skropeti in Pazin area (<10), Pula (<10), Split (<5), and in Kosi in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rusijan (including: Rusiyan , Russiyan and Russijan ) is present in 9 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Marčelo Rusijan, Danijela Rusijan, Edvard Rusijan, Loredana Rusijan, Mauricio Rusijan, Marko Rusijan, Sanja Rusijan, Sonja Rusijan, Armando Rusijan, Denis Rusijan, Sandi Rusijan, Eugen Rusijan, Atilio Rusijan, Nevenka Rusijan, Luciano Rusijan, Marija Rusijan, Boris Rusijan, Elvis Rusijan, Vjekoslav Rusijan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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