Surname Ćus in modern Croatia

Ćus families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pazin and Pula. In Ćusi in Pazin area every third inhabitant had the family name Ćus.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Ćus live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Pazin (25), Pula (10), Varazdin (<10), Cusi in Pazin area (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Austria (1).
Family name Ćus (including: Cus , Chus , Cius , Cush , Cuss , Chuss , Chues , Cues , Csus and Cuess ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. "Cues " is used by few people in the United States. "Chuss " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Tanzania , and small number of people in Mexico. "Cuess " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Ćus, Leana Ćus, Neven Ćus, Vesna Ćus, Saša Ćus, Marija Ćus, Mirjana Ćus, Viviana Ćus, Stojan Ćus, Manuel Ćus, Danijel Ćus, Maja Ćus, Igor Ćus, Ferdo Ćus, Marijan Ćus, Edi Ćus, Nevio Ćus, Gordana Ćus, Tajana Ćus

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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