Surname Ruzich in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ruzich families are Italians (from Rijeka ).

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Ruzich live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<5) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ruzich (including: Ruzhich , Ruzych ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Ruzich " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 90 in Ukraine , and some 80 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Oleg Ruzich, Irina Ruzich, Giovanni Ruzich, Adilia Ruzich, Elvira Ruzich, Eufemia Ruzich, Gilbert Ruzich, Giovani Ruzich, Ignazio Ruzich, Irena Ruzich, Jolanda Ruzich, Juraj Ruzich, Maria Ruzich, Marija Ruzich, Mario Ruzich, Michele Ruzich, Natalia Ruzich, Ornella Ruzich, Rino Ruzich

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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