Surname Galešić in modern Croatia

Galešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Biograd na moru area and in Zadar. In Donje Raštane in Biograd na moru area every third inhabitant had the family name Galešić.

Prevalence

About 600 people with faimily name Galešić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Donje Rastane in Biograd na moru area (145), Zadar (95), Zagreb (60), Split (45), and in Neoric in Sinj area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Galešić (including: Galesic , Gallessich , Galeshich and Galessich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Galesic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Gallessich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Galešić, Mirta Galešić, Mirna Galešić, Emilija Galešić, Franc Galešić, Ivan Galešić, Zvonko Galešić, Gordana Galešić, Zelg Galešić, Marijo Galešić, Ives Galešić, Mirjana Galešić, Ive Galešić, Damir Galešić, Marina Galešić, Frano Galešić, Katarina Galešić, Tomislav Galešić, Danijel Galešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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