Surname Galeković in modern Croatia

Galeković families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb. In Mraclin in Velika Gorica every fourth inhabitant had the family name Galeković.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Galeković live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (110), Zagreb (100), Mraclin (30), Vinica in Ivanec area (25), and in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Australia (2), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Galeković (including: Galekovic , Galekovich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Galekovic " is used by small number of people in Austria , small number of people in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Galekovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Galeković, Mladen Galeković, Josip Galeković, Nikola Galeković, Krešimir Galeković, Jelena Galeković, Franjo Galeković, Branko Galeković, Hrvojka Galeković, Vladimir Galeković, Marina Galeković, Berislav Galeković, Marta Galeković, Marko Galeković, Željko Galeković, Marija Galeković, Stjepan Galeković, Natalija Galeković, Snježana Galeković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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