In Croatia, Čude families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (also from Benkovac area ), and barely Russians (from Lepoglava area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Obrovac.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Čude live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zaton Obrovacki in Benkovac area (10), Solin (<10), Pula (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Obrovac (<10).