Surname Žužić in modern Croatia

Žužić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk and according to some sources from Istria , barely Italians (from Umag ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Krk and in Rijeka. In places Pinezići and Vrh on the Island of Krk every fifth inhabitant had the family name Žužić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Žužić live in Croatia today, in 420 households. There were 810 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 118 other places, mostly in Vrh on the Island of Krk (95), Zagreb (90), Krk on the Island of Krk (65), Lukinic Brdo in Glina area (45), and in Umag (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (11), Canada (8), Australia (8), France (3), Switzerland (1), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Chile (1), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Žužić (including: Zuzic , Zuzich and Zuzick ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Zuzic " is used by some 500 people in Slovakia , about 300 in Australia , and some 200 people in the United States. "Zuzich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Zuzick " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Žužić, Mirko Žužić, Lucijan Žužić, Josip Žužić, Neven Žužić, Sandra Žužić, Ivan Žužić, Robert Žužić, Kristijan Žužić, Milica Žužić, Saša Žužić, Silvano Žužić, Daniele Žužić, Matija Žužić, Anja Žužić, Alen Žužić, Frane Žužić, Petar Žužić, Denis Žužić

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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