In Croatia, Ruga families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Ruga live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Sesvete (10), Vrbovec (<10), Kraljev Vrh in Vrbovec area (<10), Vukovje Zelinsko (<5), and in Gornja Velika in Vrbovec area (<5).