Podrug families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area , rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Sinj. In Piramatovci in Skradin every seventh inhabitant had the family name Podrug.
Prevalence
About 700 people with faimily name Podrug live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Split (230), Solin (125), Prisoje in Sinj area (90), Piramatovci (50), and in Zagreb (45).
Outside Croatia
Family name Podrug is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Podrug " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.