Surname Šuša in modern Croatia

Šuša families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , also Croats (iz Biograd na Moru area), very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Benkovac. In places Kolašac and Nunić in Knin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šuša.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Šuša live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Zadar (30), Rijeka (30), Nunic in Knin area (25), and in Sibenik (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (2), Sweden (2), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Šuša (including: Susa , Shusha , Sushma , Susha , Sussa , Shusa , Susah , Schuscha , Suesa and Suusa ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. The family name "Susa " is used by some 7000 people in Colombia , about 5000 in the Philippines , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Schuscha " is used by few people in the United States. "Sushma " is used by some 100 people in Nepal , about 90 in Ukraine , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Šuša, Tatjana Šuša, Zoran Šuša, Irena Šuša, Milan Šuša, Damir Šuša, Elica Šuša, Predovan Šuša, Slavko Šuša, Ante Šuša, Anica Šuša, Đuro Šuša, Rade Šuša, Ana Šuša, Snježana Šuša, Mara Šuša, Marica Šuša, Samra Šuša, Mirko Šuša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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