Tanuševci

Tanuševci (Танушевци, Tanushë) is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, Republic of North Macedonia.

Name
Tanuševci, in local Albanian Tanushë comes from the name Tanush. Tanush is the Albanian variant of the Greek given name Athanasius, loaned from Latin. Where the fricative /θ/ becomes the stop /t/, this shows that the name passed through Latin before entering Albanian; the Greek-derived equivalent is the name and onomastic element Thanas. The Albanian definite form is Tanushi. In Latin, it was written Tanusius, while in Italian Tanussio and Tanusso.

Other people / places with similar etymologies are


 * Tanusio Thopia (fl. 1329–38), Angevin Albanian count
 * Tanush Thopia (died 1467), nobleman
 * Little Tanush ( fl. 1423–33), nobleman


 * Tanuše (Albanian: Tanushaj), an Albanian village of the Upper Reka region, Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality, North Macedonia

Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Tanuševci had 304 residents with the following ethnic composition:
 * Albanians 212
 * Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 92

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 417 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
 * Albanians 409
 * Others 8