Batushansky (Russian: Батушанский, Romanian: Batuşanschi, Portuguese: Batusanschi, Yiddish: באטושאנסקי) is a surname that originates from Bessarabia (present day Moldova) and literally means "of Batushany".
On the other hand, Botoşani was beyond Russian Empire's borders, while Butuceni (and all of Transnistria) became part of Russia's Pale of Settlement since Russo-Turkish war of 1792.
After Bessarabia was won from the Turks in 1806-1812 war, Russian authorities encouraged settlement of this area by ethnic minorities, and for a few decades in mid-19th century, permitted Jews to own or rent land there, offered tax breaks and postponed military draft.
As a result, tens of thousands of Jews migrated from nearby areas within the Pale of Settlement, frequently receiving surnames based on their place of origin.
Due to mass Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe, this surname and its variations occur in many parts in the world, including United States, Israel, France, Portugal and Brazil (Pernambuco and São Paulo).