In Croatia, Gjud families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Gjud live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Varazdinske Toplice (<5), Novaki Petrovinski (<5), Klokocevac (<5), and in Prugovac in Djurdjevac area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gjud (including: Giud , Ghayud ) is present in four countries on three continents. "Giud " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.