Surname Ruško in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ruško families are generally Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pleternica area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Ruško live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Vir in Nin area (10), Zagreb (<10), Novacka in Djurdjevac area (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Zbjeg in Pleternica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ruško (including: Ruskó , Ruscio , Rusko , Rusco , Rushko , Russko , Ruscko , Rushoko , Russako and Russco ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Rusko " is used by some 200 people in Slovakia , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Czech Republic. "Ruscko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Russako " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alen Ruško, Katarina Ruško, Zvonko Ruško, Biserka Ruško, Nikica Ruško, Milica Ruško, Marina Ruško, Pavao Ruško, Davorka Ruško, Josip Ruško, Dražen Ruško, Suzana Ruško, Marijo Ruško, Ivica Ruško, Sebastian Ruško, Marija Ruško, Ana Ruško, Anka Ruško, Ivan Ruško

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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