Surname Rušev in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rušev families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Ugljan ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Rušev live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zadar (30), Preko on the Island of Ugljan (10), Zagreb (<10), Zapresic (<5), and in Kali on the Island of Ugljan (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rušev (including: Rusev , Rushev , Russev , Ruschev , Ruseev , Russew , Rusew , Ruscev , Russchev and Rushew ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Rushew " is used by few people in the United States. "Ruscev " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Rušev, Srečko Rušev, Miro Rušev, Vesna Rušev, Josip Rušev, Božo Rušev, Marko Rušev, Milenko Rušev, Ratko Rušev, Željka Rušev, Dino Rušev, Soka Rušev, Maja Rušev, Zoran Rušev, Marija Rušev, Vitomir Rušev, Viktor Rušev, Kristina Rušev, Daniel Rušev

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1825 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories