In Croatia, Ruđic families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Bjelovar.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Ruđic live in Croatia today, in 7 households. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Koprivnica (<10), in Kapela (<10) and Botinac (<5) in Bjelovar area, and in Zagreb (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.