In Croatia, Ćuto families are generally Croats (from Benkovac ), very rarely Russians (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Rijeka. In Podlug in Benkovac every eightieth inhabitant had the family name Ćuto.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Ćuto live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Podlug (<10), Zadar (<5), in Mladenici (<5) and Viskovo (<5) in Rijeka area, and in Rijeka (<5).