In Croatia, Raut families are Croats (from Ilok ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Ilok.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Raut live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only five Croatian places: in Bapska (<10), Virovitica (<5), Mirkovci (<5), Moscenicka Draga in Opatija area (<5), and in Donje Novo Selo in Vinkovci area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.