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Surname Ruk in modern Croatia
Ruk families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Donja Stubica. In Hižakovec in Donja Stubica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Ruk.
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Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Ruk live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Hizakovec (25), Matenci (20), Koprivnica (10), and in Slani Potok in Donja Stubica area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ruk (including: Ruck , Rukh , Ruchka , Rueck , Ruchko , Ruckh , Ruek , Rukk and Ruuk ) is present in 113 countries worldwide. "Ruck " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 700 people in Bolivia. "Rueck " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in the Netherlands. "Ruuk " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Damir Ruk,
Juraj Ruk,
Vlado Ruk,
Suzana Ruk,
Ines Ruk,
Rafael Ruk,
Andrea Ruk,
Božica Ruk,
Željko Ruk,
Ivan Ruk,
Silvana Ruk,
Zdravko Ruk,
Danica Ruk,
Siniša Ruk,
Jelena Ruk,
Nikolina Ruk,
Josip Ruk,
Robert Ruk,
Sanja Ruk
