Čauš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cazma , less frequently Bosniaks (from Serbia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Čauš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Zagreb (15), Gornji Draganec (10), Ivanic-Grad (<10), and in Graberje Ivanicko (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.