Runjić families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Trogir area. In Labin in Trogir area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Runjić.
Prevalence
About 250 people with faimily name Runjić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (125), Zagreb (40), Solin (20), Labin in Trogir area (10), and in Kastel Stafilic (<10).
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.