Surname Galant in modern Croatia

Galant families are Croats and they are mostly from Rovinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj. In Prkačini in Pazin area every third inhabitant had the family name Galant.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Galant live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 18 other places, mostly in Krculi (55) and Zminj (20) in Pazin area, Pula (10), and in Prkacini (10) and Sveti Petar u Sumi (10) in Pazin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Galant (including: Gallant , Gallandt , Galanth , Galantha , Galanthay and Gallantt ) is present in 75 countries worldwide. "Gallant " is used by some 20000 people in Canada , about 10000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in South Africa. "Galantha " is used by small number of people in Hungary , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States. "Gallandt " is used by some 70 people in Italy , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Galant, Nada Galant, Darko Galant, Barbara Galant, Josip Galant, Milan Galant, Radovan Galant, Stanko Galant, Evelina Galant, Snježana Galant, Sabina Galant, Serđo Galant, Mauricio Galant, Igor Galant, Nikola Galant, Vinko Galant, Marčelo Galant, Ida Galant, Vesna Galant

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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