Surname Tus in modern Croatia

Tus families are Croats and they are mostly from Skradin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Skradin. In Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Tus.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Tus live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (35), Rijeka (25), Crikvenica (20), Novi Vinodolski (20), and in Zagreb (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Tus (including: Thus , Tush , Thuss , Tuss , Thues , Tusz , Thush , Thuess and Tues ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Thues " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Tues " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Thuss " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in the Netherlands , and some 200 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Anton Tus, Josip Tus, Tomislav Tus, Dalibor Tus, Damir Tus, Zlatko Tus, Ognjen Tus, Grozdana Tus, Ana Tus, Boris Tus, Željka Tus, Zvonko Tus, Maja Tus, Irena Tus, Marin Tus, Anka Tus, Margareta Tus, Nada Tus, Dario Tus

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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