In Croatia, Hruško families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Hruško live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in one city and 8 other places, mostly in Jalzabet (20) and Novakovec (10) in Ludbreg area, Brezine in Cazma area (<10), Lestakovec in Ludbreg area (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.