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Surname Ruba in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Ruba families are generally Croats (from Pula area ), very rarely Italians (from Pula ), and barely Slovenes (also from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area. In Kujići in Pula area every second inhabitant had the family name Ruba.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Ruba live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Barban in Labin area (10), Kujici in Pula area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Liznjan in Pula area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ruba (including: Rubba , Rubah , Rubaah , Rubha , Hruba , Rubá , Rubaa , Rueba and Ruhbah ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. "Rueba " is used by few people in the United States. "Rubba " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Italy , and small number of people in Canada. "Hruba " is used by some 500 people in Czech Republic and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Kristijan Ruba,
Boris Ruba,
Nadia Ruba,
Ivančica Ruba,
Davor Ruba,
Darin Ruba,
Romina Ruba,
Ivan Ruba,
Monika Ruba,
Branka Ruba,
Franko Ruba,
Ivana Ruba,
Silvano Ruba,
Sonja Ruba,
Manuela Ruba,
Igor Ruba,
Alan Ruba,
Željko Ruba,
Ratko Ruba
