Surname Rusković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rusković families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Rijeka. In Tomislavovac on Peljesac Peninsula every sixth inhabitant had the family name Rusković.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Rusković live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (15), Dubrovnik (15), Putnikovic on the Peljesac peninsula (15), Orasac (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rusković (including: Ruskovic , Hruskovic , Ruskovich , Hruskovich , Ruszkovics and Russkovich ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Ruskovich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in South Africa. "Hruskovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Neven Rusković, Helena Rusković, Margareta Rusković, Anto Rusković, Zjena Rusković, Ognjen Rusković, Želimir Rusković, Ivo Rusković, Paulina Rusković, Vedran Rusković, Denis Rusković, Ivan Rusković, Sanja Rusković, Franica Rusković, Jelena Rusković, Nikša Rusković, Đenio Rusković, Pavica Rusković, Davor Rusković

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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