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Surname Ruskaj in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Ruskaj families are mainly Rusyns (from Vukovar area ), rarely Croats (from Bakar ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and in Vukovar area. In Petrovci in Vukovar area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Ruskaj.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Ruskaj live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Petrovci in Vukovar area (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Hreljin (<10), Vinkovci (<5), and in Donji Andrijevci in Djakovo area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ruskaj (including: Ruskay , Ruskai and Ruszkay ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. "Ruskay " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Ruskai " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ruszkay " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in Brazil.
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Characteristic first names
Marko Ruskaj,
Vlado Ruskaj,
Biserka Ruskaj,
Branka Ruskaj,
Ana Ruskaj,
Zoran Ruskaj,
Zvonko Ruskaj,
Katica Ruskaj,
Tomislav Ruskaj,
Snežana Ruskaj,
Marija Ruskaj,
Branimir Ruskaj,
Danka Ruskaj,
Marijana Ruskaj,
Darko Ruskaj,
Alen Ruskaj,
Irena Ruskaj,
Janko Ruskaj,
Nikola Ruskaj