In Croatia, Rude families are Croats (from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Rude live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in only four naselja i to in Sibenik (15), Paz in Pazin area (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).