In Croatia, Galante families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Krk.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Galante live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Suzan (<5), Polje (<5) and Sveti Ivan Dobrinjski (<5) on the Island of Krk.
Outside Croatia
Family name Galante is present in 60 countries worldwide. "Gallante " is used by some 400 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.