Surname Sušak in modern Croatia

Sušak families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Metkovic.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Sušak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and threee other places, mostly in Metkovic (40), Zagreb (25), Split (20), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sušak (including: Susak , Susac , Sushak , Suschak , Susack , Suschank , Susach , Czuszak , Shushak and Sushack ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Susak " is used by some 800 people in Ukraine , about 400 in the United States , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Sushak " is used by small number of people in Ukraine and small number in the United States. "Suschak " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Gojko Sušak, Boris Sušak, Vladimir Sušak, Vinko Sušak, Snježana Sušak, Ana Sušak, Tomislava Sušak, Ružica Sušak, Igor Sušak, Nikola Sušak, Nada Sušak, Karlo Sušak, Živka Sušak, Ivan Sušak, Zorana Sušak, Zvonimir Sušak, Katarina Sušak, Smiljana Sušak, Marija Sušak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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