Surname Gal in modern Croatia

Gal families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , rarely Hungarians (also from Djakovo area ) and Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Gal live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Osijek (45), Zagreb (45), Lepoglava (40), Koprivnica (35), and in Cakovec (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gal (including: Galli , Gall , Gaal , Gallie , Gally , Gahl , Ghal , Galh and Gaall ) is present in 150 countries worldwide. "Gall " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Germany , and some 5000 people in France. "Gaal " is used by some 9000 people in Hungary , about 3000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Germany. "Gahl " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and small number of people in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Ksenija Gal, Franjo Gal, Ivan Gal, Laslo Gal, Ljiljana Gal, Goran Gal, Elizabeta Gal, Mihej Gal, Marijan Gal, Zoran Gal, Josip Gal, Danijel Gal, Mihajlo Gal, Ivica Gal, Andreja Gal, Antun Gal, Ernest Gal, Morena Gal, Ivana Gal

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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