Surname Gaal in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gaal families are mainly Croats (from Benkovac ), less frequently Hungarians (from Banat, Vojvodina ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Benkovac.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Gaal live in Croatia today, in 8 households.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), Benkovac (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gaal (including: Gahal , Gaál , Gaalli , Gaall and Ghoahal ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Gaal " is used by some 9000 people in Hungary , about 3000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Imre Gaal, Ivana Gaal, David Gaal, Dušan Gaal, Karoly Gaal, Mate Gaal, Istvan Gaal, Edomer Gaal, Jelena Gaal, Emil Gaal, Žuži Gaal, Marija Gaal, Olga Gaal, Milica Gaal, Damir Gaal, Viktor Gaal, Leona Gaal, Ivan Gaal, Josip Gaal

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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