Ručević families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area (Budrovci). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Ručević live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Djakovo (70), Zagreb (35), Budrovci (30), Vinkovci (15), and in Osijek (15).
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.